Former Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad: “PLO should expand to include Hamas” | Israelo-Palestinian conflict

“No national liberation movement in history is based on what its enemy wants,” says former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.

For the Palestinian Authority to have any legitimacy in the eyes of the Palestinian people, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) would need to expand its membership to include Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Fayyad told host Steve Clemons.

Without reaching a “national consensus,” the Palestinian Authority is not able to rule the Gaza Strip when Israel’s war on Gaza ends, Fayyad says. Otherwise, US hopes for a “revitalized” Palestinian leadership are in vain.