Q&A: Beijing Deal for Post-War Gaza Leaves Analysts Skeptical

(L-R) Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organisation and political party Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. Pedro Pardo / POOL / AFP

By Chloe Rouveyrolles-Bazire and Louis Baudoin-Laarman

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah movement has agreed with Hamas to form a “national unity government” in post-war Gaza, but analysts are skeptical about the significance of the Beijing-brokered deal.

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