US agreed to allow Hamas to participate in PA election, says senior Fatah leader

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US agreed to allow Hamas to participate in PA election, says senior Fatah leader Senior Fatah leader Sufian Abu Zaida: “I’ll tell you a secret. Someone might ask why Hamas hadn’t agreed recently—over the last few months, the last few years—why it hadn’t agreed to disarm or hand over its weapons or put away its weapons, etc. ... For Hamas, it was a red line that couldn’t be crossed… Now, the question is why did Hamas agree to this matter [now] after this long period of time? It agreed because there are guarantees. After brother Muhammad Dahlan, head of the Democratic Reform Movement, intervened directly with Jared Kushner, there were questions to which Hamas received [positive] answers… Will the US oppose the Hamas movement’s participation in the Palestinian political system? Elections are supposed to be held on November 27 or 28 this year, meaning in three-and-a-half months. Is Hamas allowed to participate in these elections? The answer is yes. It is allowed to participate in these elections. Maybe it won’t participate with flashy and well-known names—leaders from the first and second tier, but it will have a list and support it. In my opinion, there won’t be opposition to this, meaning will Hamas become a political movement? The answer is yes.” [Sky News Arabia, Instagram page, Aug. 11, 2026] Sufian Abu Zaida is the former PA minister of prisoner affairs.  Muhammad Dahlan - Palestinian politician, former Fatah official, and former head of the PA Preventive Security Force in the Gaza Strip (1993-2002). Dahlan now lives in the UAE after he fell out with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and had to leave the West Bank in 2011, later being convicted in absentia by the PA for fraud and sentenced to prison. Dahlan has been mentioned as one of the candidates to succeed Abbas.  Disclaimer: Views expressed in this video do not represent those of Palestinian Media Watch in any way. PMW monitors and analyzes the Palestinian Authority through its media and schoolbooks.  For more info visit: http://palwatch.org.

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00:00I will show you a question. Why did Hamas do not agree on the past, the past, the past, the

00:12past, the past? Why did Hamas do not agree on the weapons, or the equipment, or the equipment, or the

00:21equipment, or the equipment?

00:22And in the case of Hamas, it was a yellow one. The question is why Hamas did Hamas do not

00:30agree on this issue after this time?

00:32And he did not agree on that. He did not agree on that. He did not agree on that. He

00:49did not agree on this issue after Hamas.

01:00Or the science of the Palestinian, it was not. He did not agree on the question. He did not agree

01:06on that.

01:06In the 70's of 27, or Abram of 28 11, which is a year after this time, is there, and

01:14half?

01:14Is Hamas's do not agree on this issue after Hamas's repo? Yes, the answer is yes.

01:19Let it be true. In the 70's of this, it is not agree on the 37's, the 40's, the 60's,

01:26the 50's, the 80's.

01:28But if it is to be a part of it, I think this is not going to be a video

01:35By the way, Hamas, is it going to a political movement?

01:42Yes

01:42The answer is yes

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