Hamas isolated as Iran boosts ties with Islamic Jihad, Fatah - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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Iranian officials on Feb. 5 received a high-level Palestinian Islamic Jihad delegation headed by Ramadan Shallah, the movement’s secretary general. Accompanying him was Islamic Jihad’s deputy leader, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, whom the US Department of State announcement on Jan. 23 was being added to its list of “specially designated global terrorists.” It was the first visit by Islamic Jihad representatives to Iran since President Hassan Rouhani took office in 2013.
SUMMARY⎙ PRINT
A high-level Islamic Jihad delegation visited Iran one week after a senior Fatah official made a similar trip, leaving Hamas isolated.
AUTHOR
Asmaa al-Ghoul
POSTED
February 12, 2014
TRANSLATOR(S)
Sahar Ghoussoub
“While this trip can be classified as a routine visit, it is important given that it comes after Nakhalah was added to the terrorist list and after Rouhani took office,” said Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shihab.
During a meeting with Al-Monitor at his office, Shihab noted that this is not the first time Iran has publicly expressed its support for Islamic Jihad and its leaders. He asserted that Iranian officials had at other meetings confirmed their rejection of the targeting of the Palestinian people and figures.