Hamas to leave Damascus?

In May, Al Hayat reported that Hamas would be leaving Syria though this was later denied by Hamas officials who announced their intention to stay in Damascus both when this was first suggested by Al Hayat and again later in further interviews.

Al Hayat reported that Qatar had offered to act as host country to the Islamic insurgence group in early May despite the fact that it is well known that since 2007, Hamas have been attempted to move to the Gaza strip but have failed to so as they could not gain permission from authorities.

There were also alleged talks with Egypt and Jordan though both rejected Hamas’ proposals; Egypt did however agree to host a Hamas ‘interest bureau’ which was to provide fuel for future speculation.

Gaza based political security analyst Shaker Shabat reported to Gulf News that Hamas had been asked to leave Syria due to their unwillingness to support and defend the regime but this again has been categorically denied by Hamas. Gulf News later reported that the move had gone ahead. This too has been denied.

More recently, there have been new reports about Hamas' possible next moves. There are reports that Hamas have now received an offer from the Egyptian government and will be relocating completely. These reports came after an announcement made by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, confirming the move, heralding it as 'symbolic'.

Most publications still view these announcements as highly speculative as Hamas has only denied its move to Qatar and has yet to issue a statement on Egypt.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-hamas-leadership-to-relocate-from-syria-to-qatar-1.358956

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/palestinian-territories/hamas-move-linked-to-unrest-1.801944

http://www.thetrumpet.com/?q=8326.7014.0.0

Al-Hayat antisemitism

Davis writes: An excerpt from this story in Al-hayat is below. Irresponsible, malicious antisemitic journalism. The Jews control America. They are the most prominent decision makers in the US. And they are using this - vast and magical power - to cause a Palestinian civil war. Give me a break.

I take this extremely seriously. It is antisemitism, pure and simple, in it's classic form, dressed up in new 'US - Israeli' clothes. Nothing to do with Israel, US policy, or reality for that matter. Just people who feel uncomfortable in their place in a complex world, spinning a vicious fantasy about Jewish power and plots that are to blame:

"The reality is that the American administration, contrary to the impressions it is trying to create for itself, has become an enemy of an honorable, peaceful solution for the conflict in the region, because of its absolute bias toward Israel, resulting from the tremendous influence the pro-Israeli lobby enjoys in the administration. The members of this lobby have now become of the most prominent decision-makers in the US. It has now become commonplace knowledge that the rabid Zionist, Elliot Abrams, senior Middle East director of the National Security Council, put in place a naive plan to provoke a Palestinian civil war. He did this by means of funding, arming and training the Palestinian presidential guard, and spreading the rumor that the purpose of this was springing on Hamas and eradicating it. It seems that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was forced to adopt this wild, naive plan, and that she was the one who has been incapable, until now, to even prompt Israel to implement the Rafah crossing agreement that she engendered. "