Khaled Meshaal, Hamas political bureau chief, March 2006

Date
Mar. 2006
Name of Author
Khaled Meshaal
Body

“The Israeli state is the aggressor and the occupier. The Palestinians are the victims, so who should recognize whom?” Steven Lee Myers and Greg Myre, “Hamas Delegation Visits Moscow for a Crash Course in Diplomacy,” New York Times, March 4, 2006, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/international/middleeast/04hamas.html.

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