Why a China-brokered deal is uniting Palestinians | The Take

Published 2024-07-28
It’s been hailed as an “historic moment for the cause of Palestinian liberation.” Fourteen Palestinian groups, including longtime rivals Fatah and Hamas, signed a deal for “national unity” aimed at maintaining Palestinian control over Gaza once the continuing Israeli assault is over. What will that mean for Palestine? 

In this episode: 

- Diana Buttu, Lawyer and Former PLO Spokesperson 

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, and Sonia Bhagat, with Amy Walters, Veronique Eshaya, Duha Mosaad, Manahil Naveed, and our host, Malika Bilal.

The Take production team is Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Catherine Nouhan, Chloe K. Li, Duha Mosaad, Khaled Soltan, Manahil Naveed, Marcos Bartolomé, Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, Tamara Khandaker, Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan and Veronique Eshaya.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is the Take’s Executive Producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

All Comments (21)
  • Thank you Diana Buttu! An excellent statement about Palestinian Unity and their right to control their own land and destiny! Thank you also Al Jazeera and "The Take" for this interview! Best wishes all - Genevieve Forde Aotearoa Planet Earth
  • @yoliewalker4582
    The WORLD is with YOU PALESTINIANS NOW and FOREVER Thank you 🌹
  • @mikez3421
    China suffered this pain before from Japan’s invasion, so they deeply understand how does genocide mean to a nation.
  • China 🇨🇳 support Palestine 🇵🇸 Philippines 🇵🇭 support Israel 🇮🇱 Respect to China 🇨🇳 Philippines 🇵🇭 always on the wrong side of history Free Palestine 🇵🇸
  • Russia 🇷🇺 support Palestine 🇵🇸 South Korea 🇰🇷 support Israel 🇮🇱 Respect to Russia 🇷🇺 South Korea 🇰🇷 on the wrong side of history as usual Free Palestine 🇵🇸
  • @annur3432
    The fact is that this deal is long overdue. If the factions don’t understand that they are stronger together they will never control a State. I’m glad they are now putting their differences aside for the greater good. These are the keepers, and the protectors of Al Aqsa, please act like it. You must unite now !! May Allah guide you and bring you closer together to form stronger strategic alliances. 🇵🇸✨🤲🏽✨🇵🇸
  • The fact that they have a common enemy should be enough to unite them. If that is not enough they will be “eth- cleansed” sooner rather than later. Look how China has moved forward in just 70 years and how Palestinians have moved backwards in the same time period.
  • The reason why usa Media so quiet is because nothing in agreement is offensive to anyone. But it goes against us order
  • @henryekebosi389
    This is not the first world leaders have tried to unite Palestinians so don't treat it as if no one has done it so let's see how long it's going to last..
  • @smkh2890
    This effectively means Hamas is finished. They woud never share power with Fatah if they could still rule Gaza alone.
  • @MyVoice-bn1vj
    we support with China economic growth and rise of China Asia, we hope future China number one powerful country in the world, God bless China wisdom power rise