Former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad confirmed in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica published on Friday that the Hamas movement cannot be destroyed.

Salam Fayyad added, "The movement exists and cannot be eliminated because the matter is not limited to Yahya Sinwar, nor to Gaza, nor to its fighters. It is a very complex movement," noting that all of these things Israel knows well.

The former Palestinian Prime Minister stated that it is not a war against Hamas, but against all Palestinians who are asked to go to southern Gaza, adding, “In fact, this is the goal to force them to take refuge in Egypt...to leave...this is another catastrophe...and without an immediate ceasefire.” "There will be no next day for discussion, nor will there be Gaza."

During the interview with the newspaper "La Repubblica" from Princeton University, where he works as a professor of economics, Fayyad ruled out the arrival of the Palestinian Authority on the back of an Israeli tank to rule the Gaza Strip after the war.

Salam Fayyad said, "It is not a technical issue, but a political issue. The authority in Ramallah was already in a crisis before October 7, and its crisis is a crisis of legitimacy. It is unable to deal with the tensions in the West Bank. Does it want to bear the burden of Gaza as well?"

He added that it is clear that the ideal solution is to hold new elections, but this is not realistic at the present time, and for this reason I am not thinking about the Palestinian Authority, which will not be an expression of the Palestinians.

The former Palestinian Prime Minister added, "Actually, I am thinking about an expanded Palestine Liberation Organization, as was suggested some time ago, because the war did not start on October 7 and the problems are the same as they were on the sixth of October, even the Palestine Liberation Organization, which dates back to 1964." "It must be fixed."

He continued by saying, "Hamas did not exist until 1964, but it not only won the 2006 elections, but has since gained more and more acceptance... The Palestine Liberation Organization with Hamas can speak on behalf of everyone and appoint a government," indicating that the "Hamas" movement “It must become part of the new Palestinian authorities.

In response to the question: What is “Hamas”? “Take back any newspaper from the 1970s and read about the Palestine Liberation Organization and read about the late President Yasser Arafat. He was viewed as a terrorist exactly the way Hamas is viewed today,” Fayyad said.

It is worth noting that Salam Fayyad assumed Prime Minister of National Authority government from 2007 to 2013.

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