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Hamas said set to soon elect new leader, with pro-Iran candidate Hayya likely to win
Times of Israel ^ | 12/28/2025 | Noam Lehmann

Posted on 12/28/2025 5:15:47 PM PST by mac_truck

Hamas is expected to elect a new leader within days or a few weeks, Saudi outlet Asharq reported Saturday, citing sources close to the Palestinian terror group’s leadership.

However, the same sources also reportedly “ruled out holding general elections before the war comes to a complete end.”

The two main candidates are former Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal and current Gaza politburo chief Khalil al-Hayya, the report said.

Their main immediate policy difference relates to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, according to the sources. Hayya, who is seen as close to Iran, was said to support the continuation of “armed conflict with Israel in the Gaza Strip until the war ends and the Israeli army withdraws from the Strip entirely,” while Mashaal, who is seen as closer to Qatar, is reportedly seeking “negotiated compromises to end the occupation of Gaza.”

Mashaal also supports “trying to move Hamas away from Iran” and “closer to the moderate Arab states,” the sources told Asharq.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Hamas; Hezbollah; Iran; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror; Yemen
KEYWORDS: election; hamas; hayya; hezbollah; iran; israel; khaledmashaal; khalilalhayya; waronterror; yemen

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1 posted on 12/28/2025 5:15:47 PM PST by mac_truck
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To: mac_truck

Any bets on how long it will take for Israel to send him to his dirt nap?


2 posted on 12/28/2025 5:18:10 PM PST by TStro (Come and take it!)
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To: mac_truck

and then BOOM


3 posted on 12/28/2025 5:24:56 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: mac_truck

I’m trying to figure out how Israel tops the pager caper.


4 posted on 12/28/2025 5:29:43 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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To: mac_truck

Kill every last one of them and their combined families.

Every last one.

L


5 posted on 12/28/2025 5:45:16 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: mac_truck

so is his name Heyya Howyadoon?

Cause that would be fun.


6 posted on 12/28/2025 5:48:50 PM PST by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: mac_truck

One pink mist is as good as the other pink mist.


7 posted on 12/28/2025 5:58:25 PM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: mac_truck

The next leaders name will be Target Practice.


8 posted on 12/28/2025 6:15:57 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: mac_truck

9 posted on 12/28/2025 6:31:22 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: mac_truck
The two main candidates are former Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal and current Gaza politburo chief Khalil al-Hayya

Drone both of them. Let Hamas flounder.

10 posted on 12/28/2025 7:00:58 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: mac_truck

I’m surprised anyone wants the job as it comes with Mossad crosshairs.


11 posted on 12/28/2025 7:38:08 PM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: mac_truck

Who gives a shiite what thug they “elect”? This is like tracking who the surviving Nazis choose as their new leader AFTER WWII.


12 posted on 12/28/2025 11:08:14 PM PST by montag813
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