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January 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Mr Meshaal intends to visit the Gaza Strip for the first time within weeks. He
plans to travel with Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian
Authority, in an effort to boost popular Palestinian confidence in
the reconciliation effort.
News of Mr Meshaal’s imminent departure from the Hamas leadership has left the
movement teetering between two factions – the new moderate face, which he
has sought to strengthen through reconciliation with the Palestinian
Authority; and the radicals who reject reconciliation and support ongoing
violent resistance.
In what seems a deliberate attempt to undermine Mr Meshaal’s efforts to
promote reconciliation, the Hamas leadership in Gaza has launched
negotiations to merge with the Islamic Jihad. The second largest political
organisation in Gaza, this is an extremist militant group with such close
ties to Iran that it preaches Sunni Gaza’s conversion to Shia Islam.
Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said that the move towards uniting with the
Islamic Jihad was “aimed at supporting the resistance”.
Palestinian analysts argue however that previous attempts to unite the two
militant groups have failed and suggest that while the merger is unlikely to
succeed. It nonetheless sends a clear message of opposition to Mr Meshaal’s
readiness to let the Palestinian Authority return to the Gaza Strip.
Mohammed Dajani, a professor of politics at Al Quds University, says in terms
of popular opinion, the radicals currently have the upper hand.
“Hamas is in a state of confusion not just because of the events in Syria
but due to the turmoil and instability of the entire region sparked by the
Arab Spring. They are afraid of the future.
“And [Israeli prime minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is not helping. He is
weakening the moderates, both within Fatah and in Hamas. Palestinians see
that he is not seeking peace but finding reasons not to move towards the
centre so many reason that Israelis cannot understand anything but violence.”
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