Azzam Tamimi

Azzam Tamimi

In a HARDtalk interview first broadcast on 22 January 2008, Jonathan Charles talks to Dr Azzam Tamimi, Director of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought.

Israel is tightening the noose around the neck of Gaza, cutting off electricity and plunging much of the Strip into darkness.

The Israeli Prime Minister is adamant that the Palestinian territory will get the bare minimum as long as Hamas remains in charge.

With Hamas still refusing to recognise Israel, it's yet another complication to President Bush's hopes of a Middle East Peace deal by January 2009.

Dr Azzam Tamimi is a Palestinian-born academic, a supporter of Hamas and the author of a book on the group.

Can he see a way forward out of the current gloom?

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