01 April 2013 - orsam

The decision to reelect Mashaal was met
“Part of it is that they fear they have lost
their grip on Palestinian society,” she said.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/abbasclamps-down-on-critics-despite-promises/
Hamas leadership reelects political
chief Mashaal
Vote by terrorist group’s Shura Council
said to have been unanimous, despite
Mashaal’s stated wish to retire
Khaled Mashaal was reelected as the
political chief of Hamas on Sunday night,
according to British and Palestinian media
reports on Monday.
The vote, taken in Cairo among the top
leadership of the Gaza-based terrorist
organization, was unanimous, reported
Sky News in Arabic. The BBC in Arabic also
cited an unconfirmed report from a senior
Hamas source, saying that the vote was
over.
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with thunderous applause in the Shura
Council, the group’s decision-making
body, according to sources cited by the
Palestinian Ma’an news agency.
Hamas did not officially confirm the
reports, and several media outlets in
Egypt and the Gaza Strip indicated
Monday that the election hadn’t yet taken
place.
Unnamed sources told the Turkish news
agency Anadolu on Sunday that Mashaal
had arrived in Cairo from Qatar, and that
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh had
arrived from Gaza. Other members of the
Shura Council also reportedly arrived in
Cairo Saturday from across the Arab world
to take part in the vote.
The election of Hamas’s highest political
position had been postponed numerous
times since last April amid rumors that
regional players were pressuring Mashaal
to stay on for another term, despite his
wish to retire.
The sources told Anadolu that the Muslim
Brotherhood, the Egyptian regime, Qatar
and Turkey would all like to see Mashaal
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