Fatah is a Palestinian political movement and party. It has long been the biggest group inside the PLO (the Palestine Liberation Organization), and for years it was the main face of Palestinian national politics under leaders such as Yasser Arafat.

Fatah is Fatah是 a Palestinian political movement and party.一個巴勒斯坦的政治運動兼政黨。 It has long been the biggest group inside the PLO (the Palestine Liberation Organization),它長期以來都是PLO（巴勒斯坦解放組織）裡最大的團體， and for years it was the main face of Palestinian national politics多年來也是巴勒斯坦民族政治最主要的代表， under leaders such as Yasser Arafat.領導人包括Yasser Arafat（阿拉法特）等人。

Western papers often call it centre-left; what matters more on the ground is that it is a nationalist movement, generally more secular than Hamas, and not a religious party.

Western papers often call it centre-left;西方媒體常說它是中間偏左； what matters more on the ground is that it is a nationalist movement,但現實中更重要的是，它是一個民族主義運動， generally more secular than Hamas,整體來說比Hamas（哈瑪斯）更世俗， and not a religious party.而不是一個宗教政黨。

It ran — and in the West Bank still largely runs — the Palestinian Authority after the Oslo years. In 2006 it lost the parliamentary elections to Hamas. After that, the picture is messy, not a tidy ‘government versus opposition’ cartoon: Hamas later took control of Gaza, while Fatah stayed the dominant force in the West Bank PA.

It ran — and in the West Bank still largely runs —它在奧斯陸協議之後一直主導——在西岸至今大致上仍主導著—— the Palestinian Authority after the Oslo years.巴勒斯坦自治政府。 In 2006 it lost the parliamentary elections2006年它在國會選舉中輸給了 to Hamas.Hamas（哈瑪斯）。 After that, the picture is messy,那之後情況就變得很混亂， not a tidy ‘government versus opposition’ cartoon:不是「執政vs在野」那種簡單的漫畫式對立： Hamas later took control of Gaza,Hamas後來掌控了加薩， while Fatah stayed the dominant force in the West Bank PA.而Fatah則繼續是西岸自治政府裡的主導力量。

So ‘the opposition’ is true in one narrow electoral sense and not true in another.

So ‘the opposition’ is true所以說它是「在野黨」 in one narrow electoral sense只在選舉這個狹窄的意義上算對， and not true in another.換另一個角度來看就不對了。

You meet the name in news about Israel and Palestine. It is a proper name, always capitalised. It is not the English word fate, and it is not father.

You meet the name你會在 in news about Israel and Palestine.以色列和巴勒斯坦的新聞裡看到這個名字。 It is a proper name,這是一個專有名詞， always capitalised.一律大寫。 It is not the English word fate,它不是英文的fate（命運）， and it is not father.也不是father（父親）。