Egypt’s political, military leadership divided over support for Hamas -
Zvi Bare’l
Haaretz Daily Newspaper
▻http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/egypt-s-political-military-leadership-divided-over-support-for-hamas.premiu
J’envoie ce lien à partir de Riyad (Arabie saoudite). Alors que le site de Haaretz est en accès libre, celui du quotidien libanais Al-Akhbar est censuré
Khaled Meshal’s reinstatement this week as head of the political bureau of Hamas did not come as a surprise, at least not to Egyptian intelligence, whose head, Gen. Raafat Shehata, exerted heavy pressure in favor of the move. The ruler of Qatar − a country that has become one of Hamas’ financial bulwarks in the wake of the Islamist organization’s break with Syria − as well as Jordan’s King Abdullah, who in recent months forged new ties with Meshal, both worked to ensure that the Hamas leader would retract his declared intention to step down. (It is still not clear how serious he was about retiring.)
According to one Egyptian source, “Meshal has become a figure who is indispensable at this time. He has displayed leadership and an ability to control the events on the ground. He has charisma that his rivals, such as [Meshal’s deputy] Mousa Abu Marzouk and [Hamas Prime Minister] Ismail Haniyeh, lack and he is committed to the Arab line and not to Iran.”
