[2] Al-Za'nun was one of the founders of the Fatah party, and remained a member of its central committee.

He was elected by general assent to the presidency of the PNC in 1996, at its 21st Session held in Gaza.

[3] He assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Arab Parliament at its 16th Congress in March 2010.

[4] On February 8, 2020, al-Za'nun called on Arab countries during an extraordinary meeting of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union in Amman, to throw more weight behind the Palestinian people, including material, political and parliamentary backing, and to oppose the recently unveiled US move.

[5] Al-Za'nun died on 14 December 2022, at the age of 89 in Amman, Jordan.