Posted on 08/14/2013 7:39:03 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
The ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has enabled Hamas to begin to restore its strained relations with Iran, according to Arab journalist Ali Hashem. ....
Hashem noted that not of all Hamas’s bridges were burned in Tehran, despite the rift over Syria, thanks to a few officials in Gaza who decided on their own that relations with Iran shouldn’t halt.
One of those, wrote Hashem was Ahmad Jaabari, who maintained strong ties with Iranian officials and had his own lobby within the political bureau. Jaabari was killed by Israel in what started the counterterrorism Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza last November.
Mahmoud al-Zahar, one of the founding fathers of Hamas, both influenced and was influenced by Jaabari, noted Hashem, and is one of few officials in the movement who continued to praise Iran and its role and maintained strong relations with Tehran.
“In November 2012, after the eight-day war, I visited Gaza,” wrote Hashem. “Back then, Zahar responded to Khaled Meshaal ignoring Iran’s role by putting on his military uniform and conducting a news conference to thank Tehran. A few days later, posters were raised in Gaza thanking the Islamic republic in Arabic, English, Farsi and Hebrew. Pro-Meshaal members tried to tear down the posters, but members of the military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, intervened and the posters stayed.”
Hashem further notes that in Tehran, on the day of Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as president, he welcomed the old “resistance triad” - Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
"The president wanted to send a clear message to Hamas that they are welcome,” a source in Tehran told Hashem.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
but Iranians never wear Ties
Wow, this is news. The Sunnis, worshipers of Allah the Goat God and His Prophet Muckman, are tossing aside deep religious differences with the Shiites, who also worship Allah the Goat God and His Prophet Muckman, to bury the hatchet and get along as best buddies. This should hit CNN tomorrow at the latest.
Brings tears to my eyes.
Thanks Tailgunner Joe.
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