[OPINION] Revisiting an interview with a Hamas leader, the ‘Most Wanted Man’ in Lebanon

Reading this interview almost two decades later, I cannot help but feel how little has changed since then

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.the past week brought back an interview that my former colleague Marylou Malig and I did with a Beirut-based leader ofBeirut’s reputation for being the crossroads of politics of the diplomatic and the not so diplomatic kind is well deserved.

A member of the Central Committee of an organization that is said to be Israel’s Enemy No. 1, Hamdan has seen many of his comrades fall victim to Israeli operatives, including Hamas’ last two top leaders, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi, both of whom were killed within a month of each other by helicopter-launched missiles earlier this year.

Israel says it is withdrawing from the Gaza and much of the West Bank – how does Hamas view this? Do you consider this a victory? Suicide bombing has been widely condemned. Others have said it is no longer effective. What do you think? But if there is reform and there is a Palestinian leadership elected on a clear and acceptable basis, we would be open to sharing power with the PLO.

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