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After more than 2 years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Al Araby TV hosted a rare on-air debate from the ruins of Al-Shifa Hospital, b/w Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem, Fatah spokesperson Munther Hayek, & veteran Palestinian writer & lawyer Mustafa Ibrahim. They discuss Oct 7, resistance...

Fatah spokesperson Munther Hayek pushes back, arguing that Fatah’s turn to negotiations was taken through the PLO’s national institutions, not unilaterally. He says Hamas, since the internal split, has made decisions of war on its own — pointing to the devastation surrounding them at Al-Shifa...

Palestinian writer & legal researcher Mustafa Ibrahim widens the frame, grounding the debate in the history of Palestinian national liberation. He argues that resistance in all its forms is legitimate under occupation — but that the real crisis is political fragmentation, not ideology...

Asked whether Hamas anticipated the scale of Gaza’s destruction after Oct 7, the group’s spokesperson in Gaza Hazem Qassem rejects holding resistance responsible for Israel’s response. He warns against turning the debate into what he calls a “trial” of Palestinian history — from Jordan & Lebanon...

Pressed on why repeated reconciliation talks have failed since 2008, Palestinian writer & legal researcher Mustafa Ibrahim argues the core problem is political paralysis: Palestinians have 2 competing programs but no functioning system — no elections, no legislative council, no peaceful transfer...

The debate then turns directly to weapons & postwar governance. In a recorded statement, Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya says Hamas is open to studying proposals on weapons, but only if they guarantee Palestinian statehood & self-determination. This is set against President Mahmoud Abbas’s...

Questioned about the internat'l pressure tying reconstruction to disarmament, Mustafa Ibrahim says the world is now deciding Gaza’s fate. He explains Israel has stalled the 2nd phase of the agreement through continued killings & violations, while using weapons as a pretext to maintain...