Haneyya insist on retaining Mishaal as Hamas leader

02-02-2012,09:22
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DOHA - Agencies - Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya has renewed Hamas’s
insistence on retaining Khaled Mishaal as supreme leader of the movement.

Haneyya told London-based Al-Hayat newspaper in an interview published on
Wednesday that Hamas maintains a balanced relations with each of Iran and
the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

He said that the Palestine cause was in big trouble and needed support from
all Arab and Islamic countries.

Asked whether Hamas was planning to move from Syria to Qatar or to any other
country, Haneyya said that nothing was being discussed within Hamas
institutions on this issue.

The Palestinian premier, who arrived in Doha on Monday evening, discussed
with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, on Tuesday
Palestinian developments especially the national reconciliation and
Judaization threats in occupied Jerusalem in addition to the Arab spring.

Meanwhile, Quds Press quoted unidentified sources as saying that a senior
delegation of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has asked
Mishaal to reverse his decision not to nominate himself for chairmanship of
the political bureau.

They said that Mishaal met with the delegation led by commander Ahmed Al-Ja’bari
last month and that the delegates refused his decision.