The Palestinian uprising is 11 months old, and militants appear to be gaining popular support among Palestinians who blame Israel for major disruptions of daily life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli troops have been enforcing sweeping travel restrictions on Palestinians to prevent attacks on Israelis. In the West Bank town of Nablus, Hamas and Fatah, once bitter rivals, held a joint rally in a soccer stadium, drawing tens of thousands of people in one of the largest turnouts since Israeli-Palestinian fighting began. Cooperation between Fatah and Hamas has grown steadily closer during the uprising, and the ideological differences have narrowed. Hamas remains firm in its opposition to peace talks with Israel, while Fatah, a former supporter of reconciliation, has been adopting an increasingly militant line, and few in the group still speak of resuming negotiations.
Some differences remain, though.
Hamas has carried out a series of suicide bombings in Israel, while Fatah gunmen have mainly targeted Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza, not the Jewish state itself. Please read them.