Posted on 07/17/2015 11:06:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Hamas says its leader shook hands with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman after Muslim holiday prayers, signaling an easing of tensions over the Palestinian group’s ties with Saudi regional rival Iran.
There was no official announcement in Saudi state media of Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
The visit came days after Iran reached a nuclear deal with Western powers, prompting concern among its regional rivals. …
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Watch out, we might just take out Mecca.
Came to see if he bowed to the Saudi King like Obama did. Probably not.
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Interesting, I'm not going to speculate as to whether there's any significance. Hamas, despite their cooperation with Shia Hizbollah, is a Sunni organization. For that matter so is the Muslim Brotherhood. Will be interesting to see how these intra Islam issues work out. They really do hate each other, for well over a millennia.
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