Hamas played the negative opposition, in a sense, because it formed an alternative source of power without any mandate from the people. Now, Hamas has that mandate and it wants to form a national unity government. I say, let them form a government and let them accept the fact that they will have opposition.
Hanan AshrawiPalestinians were religious in many ways, but they did not subscribe to political Islam, historically.
Hanan AshrawiWe are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier...while Israel is the only country that calls for defense from its victims.
Hanan AshrawiThe rise of Hamas is a product of the failures of political will in the international community, of the absence of the peace process, of the increase in violence and ideology.
Hanan Ashrawi