Hamas leader to visit Iran, in second foreign trip since 2007
Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh recently returned to Gaza Strip from tour of Egypt, Sudan, Turkey and Tunisia; Hamas says visits indicate growing international recognition of the movement.
By The Associated Press Tags: Iran Hamas GazaAn adviser to Hamas' prime minister said the leader will visit Iran, Qatar and other Muslim countries at the end of the month.
Yusef Rizka says the militant group's Ismail Haniyeh will embark on his second international trip outside the Gaza Strip. He returned this week from a tour of Egypt, Sudan, Turkey and Tunisia.
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Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh |
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It was the first time Haniyeh had left Gaza since Hamas seized control of the territory from the rival Fatah movement in 2007.
Hamas said the visits indicate the movement's increased international recognition, and the growing influence of Islamic groups in the region.
The internationally-recognized Palestinian Authority, which is dominated by Fatah, has been concerned by the warm welcome Haniyeh has received. It says his visits should be coordinated through Palestinian embassies.
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Iran is to Hamas what the USA is to Israel: financing their defence force. Iran however has no veto in the UNSC. This makes Israel and USA the veritable axis of evil.
your kind of extremist intransigence will not be needed in a peaceful palestinian state
Iran and Sudan: the Nº1 exporter of terrorism and the perpetrator of the genocide of Darfour's black, animist population. Egypt, Turkey and Tunis: The shining new Islamist beacons of a hearty gallop back to the Middle Ages, and wannabe powers, marinated in Jew-hatred. No go to Libya, North Korea, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Belarus and Venezuela, and your "recognition tour" will be complete with rogue post-communist, Islamist, genocidal buddies. Wonderful company for Palestine's Prime Minister... Now tell me if Abba Eban wasn't spot-on when he said they never miss and opportunity to miss and opportunity...
This guy is looking desperately for support from his Arab brothers. He won't get it, if they would like to have a strong Palestinian cause, they would already have donated much more, but we always hear Abbas and consorts complaining about the broken financial promises from the Arab lands! The West has to finance it! Everybody is using the Palestinians as a joker aginst everybody else, they are much more the victims of the Arabs and Turks than of the Israelis and they themselves just do not see the deception!
We all judged by the company we keep........seems like he is scraping the bottom of the barrel
As for the other passengers being killed - that's what happens in wartime.
This man is a criminal, he must be brought to justice.