Supporters of terror gained more votes at Fatah Conference – academic

Official PA TV host: "Regarding the prisoners' (terrorists') movement, both those who have become released prisoners and those among them who are still being held in the occupation's (i.e., Israeli) prisons – what is the importance of their participation [in the Eighth Fatah Conference], their election [to the Fatah committees], the mentioning of their names, and the expression of trust in them?"

Hebron University lecturer on political science Imad Al-Bishtawi: "The presence of the prisoners was not marginal, rather on the contrary, those who supported, identified with, and expressed solidarity with the prisoners' issue (i.e., terror supporters) actually succeeded in winning votes, [since] the prisoners sense who stood by them, who supported their issue, and who expressed solidarity with them, and therefore they gave him this trust, and also attributed to him credibility so that he would be elected as a member of the Central Committee."

[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, May 18, 2026]