In that sense, Fatah did not succeed in reconnecting with Palestinians and offering change as originally intended, added the paper.

The congress meeting also failed to reach out to Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, and send a strong and effective message of reconciliation. In fact, it further alienated the Islamist movement and deepened existing divisions, the daily observed.

The editorial also urged both the movements to stop quarrelling with each other and focus on the bigger problem - the illegal constructions and eviction of Palsestinas by Isreal in its occupied territories.

More than 2,000 delegates have been attending the party's first congress in two decades in the West Banck city of Bethlehem.

However, the congress that began Tuesday has been marked by bitter rows, with numerous delegates blaming the current leadership for the party's failures.

The last Fatah congress was held in Tunis in 1989.