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MK Mohammed Barakeh. (Emile Salman / Jini) Last update - 15:08 04/07/2008 MK Barakeh reportedly met with Hamas' Meshal in Abu Dhabi By Haaertz Service Tags: Khaled Meshal, Israeli Arabs  The chairman of the Hadash faction, MK Mohammed Barakeh, has met secretly with Hamas' political bureau chief, Khaled Meshal, the Nazareth-based Kul al-Arab newspaper reported on Friday. According to the report, the two met in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of a conference marking 60 years since the Palestinian "nakba," or catastrophe. Hadash has been known to take a much more critical line toward the Islamist Hamas group than other Israeli Arab factions. Advertisement When asked about the meeting, Barakeh told Haaretz he was committed to brotherhood and unity with the Palestinians, but would not say whether or not the talks had taken place. "I will do all that I need to achieve this unity, based on the Palestinian principles and on the Arab peace initiative," Barakeh said. The MK said Hamas is an important component of Palestinian society, without whom national unity is impossible. He nevertheless acknowledged that he was critical toward the movement and of its conduct in the Gaza Strip. The Knesset approved earlier this week in a second and third reading a law that stipulates that anyone visiting enemy states cannot be elected to Knesset. Under the law, the senior members of all the Arab parties can be disqualified from being MKs. The enemy states in question are Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The basis of the new law is a Basic Law of Knesset that stipulates that anyone who supports an enemy state's armed struggle or a terrorist organization that targets Israel cannot be elected to Knesset. The new law, an amendment to the Basic Law, says that anyone who visits an enemy state will be viewed as someone who supports an armed struggle against Israel, unless the opposite is proven. Related articles: It's official: MKs banned by law from visiting enemy states Israeli Arab MKs petition court against law banning travel to enemy states Former MK Bishara could lose pension in Knesset vote Bookmark to del.icio.us   Video attack West Bank settlers tie Palestinian man to phone pole and beat him. A static future Iran's nuclear program remains unchanged despite economic incentives.   1.   Spy 14:02  |  Ian Phlegming 04/07/08   2.   arab mks/barakeh 14:59  |  fish 04/07/08   3.   The UAE is not an enemy state 15:02  |  Slibovitz 04/07/08   4.   Barakeh is either a collaborator of the Israel`s security servcs. 15:06  |  Qassem 04/07/08   5.   israel`s legal system deteriorating by the day! 16:21  |  lakshmi 04/07/08   6.   #4 Qassem...he is one of the few who actually makes 16:42  |  Lynn 04/07/08   7.   The Arabs living in Israel. 18:08  |  Jean Van Daem 04/07/08   8.   Slibovitz 19:37  |  Nemesis 04/07/08   9.   This is what makes the new law necessary 19:42  |  Genuine Tosefta 04/07/08   10.   This is what makes the new law necessary 20:12  |  Genuine Tosefta 04/07/08   11.   Simple questions... 23:05  |  Esther 04/07/08   12.   #8 - Nemesis - Fatalisticly wrong 00:25  |  Slibovitz 05/07/08   13.   And our taxes support this clown 00:54  |  x-ray 05/07/08   14.   #12...Slibovitz 01:36  |  Nemesis 05/07/08   15.   YOU have Arabs that are traitors and we have Jews like Pollard 03:20  |  American in NY 05/07/08   16.   Charte traitor Barakeh with treason immediately 07:46  |  Baruch Gold 05/07/08   17.   American in NY - doesn`t matter what # they are all about Pollard 10:44  |  MR 05/07/08   18.   #15 American NUTJOB in NY 04:37  |  * BEN JABO 06/07/08   19.   MR # 17 21:15  |  American in NY 06/07/08

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