Will Hamas Make Bid For PLO Leadership? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Geoffrey Aronson

Geoffrey Aronson

Jan 31, 2013

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal shakes hands with a man as he leaves the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip December 10, 2012. Hamas leader Meshaal ended his first visit to the Gaza Strip on Monday with a pledge his Islamist movement would strive to heal political rifts with Palestinian rivals who hold sway in the occupied West Bank. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3BF9S — Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal shakes hands with a man as he leaves the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 10, 2012. — REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Islamic Jihad militants take part in the funeral of their comrade Mahmoud Shaath in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip November 28, 2012. Shaath died on Wednesday from a wound he suffered from an Israeli air strike during an eight-day conflict, Palestinian medics said. Eight days of Israeli air strikes on Gaza and cross-border Palestinian rocket attacks ended in an Egyptian-brokered truce agreement a week ago that called on Israel to ease restrictions on the territory. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZ

Islamic Jihad: Yes to PLO, No to PA

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves the hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RTSR22E

Hamas blames Abbas in stalemate over PLO reform

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (C) attends the opening session of an international conference of solidarity with Palestinian and Arab prisoners and detainees in Israel's prisons, in Baghdad December 11, 2012. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Salam Fayyad: Obstacle to Peace?

Geoffrey Aronson

Geoffrey Aronson

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (L-R) talk before an agreement in Doha February 6, 2012. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. REUTERS/Stringer(QATAR - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2XEG7

Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Would Be a Reset for PLO

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics