Al Jazeera reported yesterday on comments made by Hamas politburo member Basem Naim in which he indicated that Hamas would be willing to give up some aspects of governance in Gaza to whatever acceptable arrangement is made as an alternative. “We have said many times, even before October 7 [2023], that we are willing immediately to leave the governing position in the Gaza Strip and to allow any Palestinian unity government, or a technocratic government or any alternative which is decided by Palestinians within the Palestinian consensus,” he said.
Naim said the group welcomes an Egyptian proposal to form a specialized committee that will be tasked with governing all aspects of life in Gaza in coordination with the Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah.
But Hamas remains a resistance organization. “We will continue our struggle with all other factions and all our people to achieve these goals through all means, including political and diplomatic means and armed resistance,” Naim said. “But to run the daily lives of Palestinians, like health, education and social affairs, we are ready to leave it to a consensus-based solution.”