Khalid al-Batsh, a senior official of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Gaza chair of the “Freedom Committee,” established under the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement of May 2011, was interviewed in Cairo by Mouin Rabbani on 11 July 2012. The interview from which the following excerpts were taken covered a range of issues, including the impact of the “Arab Spring” on the Palestinians, the situations in Egypt and Syria, Islamic Jihad’s relations with Fatah and Hamas, and prospects for reform of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The excerpts below directly concern Islamic Jihad and Palestine. The complete interview in Arabic was published by JPS’s sister journal, Majallat al-Dirasat al-Filastiniyya, no. 93 (Winter 2013), pp. 122–37.
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April 01 2013
Between Hamas and the PA: An Interview with Islamic Jihad’s Khalid al-Batsh
Mouin Rabbani
Mouin Rabbani
Mouin Rabbani is an independent researcher and analyst based in Amman, Jordan, and a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies.
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Journal of Palestine Studies (2013) 42 (2): 61–70.
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Mouin Rabbani; Between Hamas and the PA: An Interview with Islamic Jihad’s Khalid al-Batsh. Journal of Palestine Studies 1 April 2013; 42 (2): 61–70. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jps.2013.42.2.61
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