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Nasrallah, Hamas: Israel 'Tested' Gaza Factions Ahead Of Possible Iran Strike
YNet ^ | 14 Mar 2012 | Elior Levy

Posted on 03/14/2012 5:10:06 AM PDT by edpc

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met with senior Hamas figures on Monday to discuss regional developments, Lebanese newspaper Al-Sapir reported.

According to the report, published Wednesday, Hamas' delegation was headed by Deputy Politburo Chief Moussa Abu Marzouk. The meeting in Lebanon focused on the latest round of violence between Israel and Gaza, the uprising in Syria and the Muslim Brotherhood's ties to Hezbollah and Iran.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; hamas; hezbollah; iran; israel; lebanon; middleeast; nasrallah; syria; waronterror
This meeting was a missed opportunity for an airstrike.

A Lebanese source told Al-Sapir that despite the rift between Hamas and President Bashar Assad's regime, Nasrallah and the Islamist group's representatives agreed that military intervention in Syria would not resolve the crisis. They called for the introduction of political reforms in Syria, in accordance with a Russian initiative that is also backed by Iran and China.

The troublemakers of the world (Chavez is probably feeling excluded and upset), colluding together on one important geopolitical spot. Doesn't sound ominous at all.

1 posted on 03/14/2012 5:10:14 AM PDT by edpc
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Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

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2 posted on 03/14/2012 5:35:01 AM PDT by SJackson (The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement)
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Thanks edpc, additional:
3 posted on 03/14/2012 3:21:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.)
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