 | Hamas (“Islamic Resistance Movement”) is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist organization that governs the Gaza Strip. |
| Founder: Sherkh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi & Mahmoud Zahar |
| Chief of the Political Bureau: Khaled Mashal |
| Prime Minister: Ismail Haniyah |
| Founded: 1987 |
| Headquarters: Gaza, Palestinian territories |
 | Fatah is a major Palestinian party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a multi-party confederation. |
| Leader: Mahmoud Abbas |
| Founder: Yasser Arafat |
| Founded: 1959 |
| Headquarters: Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territory |