Posted on 12/10/2011 4:45:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Palestinian observers believe that Hamas movement finds itself in a difficult embarrassing position since the popular protests and unrests erupted against President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, the most prominent ally for Hamas, which hosts its political bureau in Syria's capital Damascus.
Seven months after the unrests in Syria, and following the Arab and international isolation of the Syrian regime, away from the mass media, Hamas movement has smoothly begun to prepare for moving its bureau out of Damascus, despite the denial of its leaders who said Hamas will stay in Syria.
Over the past few months, dozens of Hamas second and third row leaders had left Damascus, either individually or with their families, and settled in the Gaza Strip without announcing if their return to Gaza is the start of moving Hamas bureau from Damascus to Gaza or other Arab countries...
Contrary to organizing rallies in the Gaza Strip against the former Libyan regime of Moammar Gaddafi, Hamas hasn't organized any popular rallies against Syria that would outrage Syria's President Assad.
Hamas forces had even forcibly repressed in May 3 an anti- Syrian regime demonstration and in support of the Syrian uprising in Gaza City, organized the Islamic Liberation Party. In the meanwhile, Hamas refused to organize protests against Assad in the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria.
The Palestinian observers also said that Hamas movement is very much embarrassed due to the developments in Syria, as the Muslim Brotherhood Movement, of which Hamas is part, is the major leader of the uprising against the Syrian regime...
Hamas has been supporting the unrest in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, where Hamas began to build up new ties with the new regimes in those countries in addition to improving its ties with Jordan.
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Hamas Dismisses Abbas Speech: He Decreased Palestinians’ Rights
Hamas dismisses Abbas’ UN speech, saying that by recognizing Israel, he “decreased Palestinians’ rights.”
By Elad Benari
First Publish: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 12:22 AM
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Hezbo will simply move back home to Iran.
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