Editing Fatah (section)

====Presidential and legislative elections====
In the  1993–1995 [[Oslo Accords]], Fatah, as part of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]], made some interim agreements with Israel, including recognition of Israel by the PLO. Until his 2004 death, Arafat headed the [[Palestinian National Authority]], the provisional entity created as a result of those Oslo Accords.  Soon after Arafat's death, [[Farouk Kaddoumi]] was elected to the post, which he continues to hold.

Fatah nominated [[Mahmoud Abbas]] in the [[2005 Palestinian presidential election|Palestinian presidential election of 2005]].

In 2005, [[Hamas]] won in nearly all [[Palestinian local elections, 2004–2005|the municipalities it contested]]. Political analyst [[Salah Abdel-Shafi]] told the BBC about the difficulties of Fatah leadership: "I think it's very, very serious{{spaced ndash}}it's becoming obvious that they can't agree on anything." Fatah is "widely seen as being in desperate need of reform," as "the PA's performance has been a story of corruption and incompetence{{spaced ndash}}and Fatah has been tainted."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4386355.stm |title=Fatah faces reform crossroads|work=BBC News|access-date=7 January 2007|date=27 March 2005 |first=Alan |last=Johnston}}</ref>