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Senior Hamas leader spotted in Beirut for first time since Qatar expulsion
2017-08-03
[IsraelTimes] Photos show Saleh al-Arouri discussing ’resistance’ against Israel in meeting with senior Iranian official

A senior Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", terrorist believed by Israel to have planned the 2014 kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens in the West Bank was spotted publicly in Leb’s capital Beirut for the first time since he was expelled from Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
in June.

In photos published Wednesday, Saleh al-Arouri can be seen meeting with senior Iranian official Hossein Amir Abdollahian -- a former deputy foreign minister -- and a number of other members of Hamas, among them senior front man Osama Hamdan and the terror group’s representative in Leb, Ali Barka.

Also present at the meeting was Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, the head of the Paleostinian 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...
terror group.

During the meeting, the participants discussed continued "resistance" against Israel and the recent tensions surrounding the Temple Mount following the July 14 terror attack at the holy site, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported.

After his expulsion from Qatar in June, al-Arouri moved to Leb, where he is being hosted by the Hezbollah terror group in its Dahieh stronghold in southern Beirut, Channel 2 reported last month.

Citing Paleostinian sources, the report said that Arouri and two other senior Hamas figures have relocated to the Hezbollah-dominated neighborhood in the Lebanese capital, an area heavily protected with checkpoints on every access road.

During a meeting with visiting American UN Ambassador Nikki Haley
...first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley is the youngest current governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems...
, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman alleged that Arouri has also been attempting "to boost the relationship between Hamas and Hezbollah," the Shiite Lebanese militia, "under an Iranian umbrella, and with the assistance of the Revolutionary Guards and [its leader] Qassem Soleimani," according to a statement from the Defense Ministry.

Qatari officials have reportedly apologized for having to expel Hamas officials, but said it came as a result of "external pressures."
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  How could you tell, was he wearing a burka?

There's a professional photo of Mr. al-Arouri and the Iranian in question at the link, gentlemen. Enjoy!
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-08-03 19:17  

#3  Where's the paparazzi when you need them?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-08-03 15:51  

#2  Someone checked under his burka and saw dangling bits?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-08-03 14:29  

#1  How could you tell, was he wearing a burka?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-08-03 10:07  

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