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Mahmoud Zahar

HARDtalk meets Mahmoud Zahar, co-founder of Hamas. Donald Trump broke with diplomatic convention by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital. What do the Palestinians do now?

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Mahmoud Zahar, co-founder of the Islamist movement Hamas. Donald Trump broke with long established diplomatic convention by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital. His recent tweets on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been music to the ears of Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu. So what do the Palestinians do now? Hamas controls Gaza and has been at loggerheads with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for more than a decade. Are the Palestinians staring defeat in the face?

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Jan 2018 07:30GMT

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Role Contributor
Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Mahmoud Zahar

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