Top PA official wants Hamas preserved and “integrated” within the PLO
Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: "One of the intelligence agency heads asked me after the Martyrdom of [Hamas Political Bureau Chairman] Ismail Haniyeh who I think might replace him. I told him: I want someone who, first of all, will be able to maintain the unity of Hamas, and secondly, who will calm the region and have a strategic vision to integrate Hamas within the national framework."
[Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page,
Sept. 11, 2025]