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2014-12-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Report: Hamas Team In Iran For Talks On Ties
[Ynet] Iranian media says aim of visit was to clear way for mission by Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, chief Khaled Mashal to mend strained ties between Hamas and Iran.

A delegation of Hamas, which controls the Gazoo Strip, arrived Monday for talks with Iranian officials on repairing ties, local media reported.

Tasnim news agency said the team was led by Hamas political bureau member Mohammed Nasr and included Ossama Hamdan, who is in charge of international relations.

The visit is aimed at clearing the way for a mission by Hamas chief Khaled Mashal, Amir Mousavi, the head of Tehran's Center of Strategic Research, said on the website of Hamas-linked Paleostinian daily Al-Ressalah.

The Syrian conflict has strained ties between Hamas and Iran, with the Paleostinian faction breaking ties with Damascus while Tehran has remained a strong ally of the regime.

Meshaal, in an interview with AFP in August, acknowledged differences over Syria but said their common enmity against Israel was a uniting factor.

Iran is reported to provide equipment for Paleostinian fighters of Hamas and Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
, a smaller murderous Moslem group in Gazoo, to fire missiles at the Jewish state.

The US reportedly told a panel of eight experts advising a UN Security Council Committee on Iran there was overwhelming evidence Tehran was continuing its transfers of weapons to its proxies an allies.

Earlier this year, the Israeli Navy seized an Iranian shipment of rockets, mortars and other arms that was en route to Gazoo via Sudan.

Islamic Jihad chief Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, during a visit to Tehran in October, praised Iran for its role during the Gazoo conflict.

The 50-day war between Israel and gunnies in Gazoo that ended on August 26 killed about 2,200 Paleostinians, and 73 on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers.
Posted by trailing wife 2014-12-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ]  Top
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#1 Misleading! The Iran-Hamas rapprochement actually began with the Tehran conference of December 1990. Following the death of the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1988, and the end of the Iran-Iraq war, the Iranian theocracy reorganized its foreign policy. Iran reached beyond the Shiite community at large and embraced Hamas, a Sunni force that had taken a leading role in the struggle with Israel. The move was made to gain influence over Islamic affairs in general, and over the Palestinian movement, in particular. Hamas then opened an office in Tehran, and it has never been closed.
Posted by Ulique Pelosi8805 2014-12-09 13:35||   2014-12-09 13:35|| Front Page Top

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