[INVITATION] Reading Session on: “HAMAS: What’s Next..?”
Muziru
Date: Saturday, 3rd January 2026
Time: 7PM – 9PM
Venue: Baitul Azizah, Presint 18, Putrajaya Bandar Filsafat
Presenter:
Dr. Azzam Tamimi
British Palestinian academic and political activist,
Chairman of Al-Hiwar TV Channel & Editor in Chief,
Author of HAMAS: Unwritten Chapters
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Despite two years of sustained military conflict with Hamas, Israel has not achieved its primary war objective: the complete dismantling of Hamas’ military and governing capabilities. While incurring significant losses that outweigh its achievements, Hamas has managed to survive.
Following the ceasefire, Hamas rapidly reconstituted key elements of governance in Gaza; it has reactivated local municipal councils, redeployed its operatives, reinstated its civilian police, and resumed its internal security functions. Concurrently, Hamas has advanced a strategic narrative portraying JIHAD as effective in humiliating Israel and inflicting on Israel its worst military failure since the country was ‘forcibly’ established.
Hamas retains both military and administrative control over Gaza and has achieved strategic gains beyond the battlefield. These include the disruption of Israel-Saudi Arabia normalisation process and the extraction of direct political concessions from Israel―something that the Palestinian Authority and Fatah have been unable to secure.
During Hamas’ hostage transfer ceremony in Deir al-Balah, Hamas prominently displayed the slogan, “We are the day after”, reinforcing its message that its rule remains intact and will continue. But for how long? What lies ahead in the next chapter of this deeply unsettling war between Hamas and Israel, despite the ceasefire? This talk will examine these questions.
Program
7.00-7.30PM : Maghrib prayer
7.30-7.40PM : Welcoming speech by Moderator, Dato’ Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa
7.40-8.30PM : Presentation by Dr. Azzam Tamimi
8.30-8.55PM : Discussion
8.55PM-9.00PM : Conclusion by Moderator
9.00PM : Tea
Organized by: Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF)
Speaker’s Biography
Dr Azzam Tamimi is a British Palestinian academic and political activist. He is currently the Chairman of Al-Hiwar TV Channel and is its Editor in Chief. Dr Tamimi has written several books on Middle Eastern and Islamic politics, including Power-Sharing Islam, Islam and Secularism in the Middle East, Rachid Ghannouchi: A Democrat within Islamism and Hamas: A History from Within. The book on Rachid Ghannouchi was translated into Malay and published by the Islamic Renaissance Front as: Rachid Ghannouchi: Seorang Demokrat dalam Wacana Islamisme.