Mohammed Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini, popularly known as Yasser Arafat, was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1968-2004) and President of the Palestinian National Authority (1993-2004). In 1994, Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize together with, Yitzhak Rabin, and Shimon Peres, for the negotiation of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accord. Arafat was a controversial and controlling figure throughout his lengthy career.

Marwan Bin Khatib Barghouti is a Palestinian leader from the West Bank and a leader of the Fatah movement. He is considered to be the leader of Fatah's 'young guard', and is renowned for his unparalleled grassroots popularity and pragmaticism with regards to making peace with the state of Israel. He is currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail for murder and attempted murder. During prisoner negotiations at the end of 2006, Hamas demanded his release, …

Saeb Erakat was the chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee, from which he negotiated with Israel regarding the Oslo Accords from 1995 until his resignation in protest from the Palestinian government, in May 2003. He quickly reconciled with his party, and was reappointed to the post in September 2003. Erekat has participated in numerous peace negotiations with Israel, including Camp David meetings in 2000, and negotiations at Taba in 2001.

Mohammed Dahlan, also known by the kunya or "nom de guerre" Abu Fadi (b.1961), is a Palestinian politician, the leader of Fatah in Gaza. Dahlan was born in 1961 in Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza to a refugee family from Hamama. In 1981 he helped found the Gaza branch of the Fatah Youth Movement Fatah Shabiba; in the following years he was imprisoned in Israeli jails on several occasions for his involvement in resistance against Israel.

Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei, also known by his Arabic "Kunya" Abu Alaa (أبو علاء) (born March 26, 1937) is a former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. First appointed to the position in October 2003, he tendered his resignation on January 26 2006, following the defeat of the Fatah party in the Palestinian legislative elections of 2006, …

Jibril Rajoub served as the National Security Advisor during the Arafat administration. He is a member of Fatah.

Khalil Al-Wazir (October 10, 1935-April 16, 1988), better known by the "kunya" "Abu Jihad" (Arabic: "father of the struggle") and "Al-Wazir" ("the top minister"), was a founder of the Palestinian group Fatah (which later formed the dominant part of the PLO), and later a top aide to Yassir Arafat and a guerrilla leader. Al-Wazir played an important role in the 1970-71 Black September clashes in Jordan, …

Jamal Abu Samhadana, from Rafah in the Gaza Strip, was the founder of the Popular Resistance Committees (which have been held responsible for firing missiles into Israel), a former Fatah and Tanzim member, and number two on Israel's list of wanted terrorists. On 20 April, 2006 he was appointed by Said Seyam, Interior Minister in the Palestinian Authority's new Hamas-led government, as director general of the police forces in the Interior Ministry.

Farouk al-Kaddoumi (Alternative spelling, Faruq al-Qaddumi, also known as Abu al-Lutf, born in 1931. Secretary-general of Fatah's central committee and PLO's political department in Tunisia.

Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people. Husseini was born in Baghdad son of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, commander of local Arab forces during the siege of 1948 and grand-nephew of the Haj Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He studied in Cairo, Baghdad, and Damascus.

Major General Moussa Arafat al-Qidwi was a cousin of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Some reports describe Yasser Arafat as his nephew. In July 2004, Arafat was appointed head of the Palestinian Public Security Service in the Gaza Strip.

Zakaria Zubeidi or Zakariyah Zubeidi (b. 1976) is the current Jenin chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Under his leadership, the Jenin section has built strong ties with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and distanced itself from Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah party. Zubeidi is currently one of Israel's most wanted, and ranks amongst the most popular militia leaders in Jenin.

Sirhan Sirhan was a Muslim Palestinian responsible for a November 10, 2002 attack on the Israeli Kibbutz Metzer in which he killed five Israeli civilians. He was reportedly a member of Tanzim, which is the armed wing of al-Fatah. A year after the event, Sirhan was killed by YAMAM during a house demolition.

Qadura Fares is a Palestinian Authority minister. He is a close friend, aide and adviser to senior Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, and a member of the Legislative Council, the parliament of the Palestinian Authority. Fares is regarded as one of the principal architects of Fatah's 'young guard' movement, who briefly formed the al-Mustaqbal or "Future" list (2005) before joining with Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) to form a united Fatah list for the upcoming elections.

Rawhi Fattuh (روحي فتوح, also transliterated as Rauhi Fattouh is the former Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and was the interim President of the Palestinian Authority, following the death of Yasser Arafat on November 11, 2004 until January 15 2005. Under Palestinian law, he was to hold the post for 60 days until an election is held. The elections were held and won by Mahmoud Abbas, who was sworn in on January 15, …

Salah Khalaf (Arabic ص&;#1604;اح خ&;#1604;ف), also known as Abu Iyad (Arabic أ&;#1576;و إ&;#1610;اد) (born 1933 - January 14, 1991) was deputy chief and head of intelligence for the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the second most senior official of Fatah after Yasser Arafat. He was assassinated in Tunis in 1991 by an Abu Nidal operative.

Mohammad Oudeh, commonly known as Abu Daoud, was the leader of the Black September, the Palestine Liberation Organisation splinter group that carried out the 1972 Munich massacre. Many of its members were killed in Israel's campaign Operation Wrath of God, although Daoud was never assassinated. In 1981, Daoud claimed that the Mossad tried to assassinate him while in Poland, although it is not clear who was behind the attempt.

Ali Hassan Salameh (died January 22, 1979) was the chief of operations — code name Abu Hassan - for "Black September", the organization responsible for the Munich Massacre (1972) and other attacks; he was also the founder of Force 17.

Sakher Habash is a Palestinian leader of the Fatah movement. Habash was born in Beit Dajan, near Jaffa, in 1939. He became a refugee in the Nakba of 1948, ending up first in Ramallah, then in Balata Refugee Camp near Nablus. He studied Geology and Water Resources at Cairo’s Ein Shams University from 1958. He turned to Palestinian national movement in the early 1960s and joined Fatah in 1962, when he became responsible for recruitment.

Hussam Abdo (also Husam, Abdu), (full name Hussam Muhammad Bilal Abdu, born 1987) is a Palestinian, from Masahiya neighborhood in Nablus, who made international headlines on March 24 2004, when he was apparently forced to enter the Hawara Checkpoint, in West Bank, Israel, carrying bombs as part of a suicide attack attempt.

Yahya Skaf, also spelled Yehia Skaff, from the Akkar district of Lebanon, is a person claimed to have been arrested by Israel on 11 March 1978 for participation in the Coastal Road massacre. He has never been tried and Israel has denied his existence. It's claimed by the Khiam Center that his family and some released detainees have borne witness to his imprisonment..

Naif Abu-Sharah was the local commander of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Nablus. He was killed in a conflict with the Israeli Defence Force

Fadi Kafisha (died August 31, 2006) was the head of the Tanzim in Nablus. Kafisha was responsible for organizing many suicide bombings and other attacks on Israelis and creating many explosive belts. In 2004 Kafisha was wounded during a confrontation with IDF soldiers and his arm was amputated. His contact in Lebanon working for Hezbollah, Kais Ubaid, sent him an artificial arm from Germany.

Imil Musa Basil Jarjoui, MD, is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and the PLO executive committee. Dr. Jarjoui has also headed the Palestinian Ministerial Investigation Commission for the deal of Jaffa Gate and is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He was elected to the former post in 2006 as a Fatah candidate for one of the seats reserved for Christians in Jerusalem.