Topic: Khaled Meshaal

Palestinian factions hold key talks in Cairo

The Palestinian factions on Tuesday discussed the implementation of a reconciliation deal in Cairo, but put off any decisions on the key issues of security and an interim government until next year."This meeting has one aim: to put in place mechanisms ...
The Hamas-Fatah rapprochement has hardened Israel's resolve to maintain its stranglehold on Palestinian tax monies, although commentators agreed Friday the two movements were far from a true reconciliation.Hours after Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held top-level talks with Hamas chief Khaled ...
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Thursday hailed a new era of partnership between their two rival movements at talks in Cairo aimed at cementing a stalled a unity deal.But there was little indication as to whether ...

Hamas chief Meshaal holds talks in Turkey

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal held talks with Turkish officials on efforts to achieve Palestinian unity during a two-day visit to Istanbul ending later on Wednesday, diplomats said.Meshaal's talks in Turkey's largest city coincided with a four-day trip to the ...
Disagreement over who should be the next Palestinian premier is holding up the creation of a unity government agreed last month between old rivals Fatah and Hamas, Palestinian officials said on Monday.A meeting in Cairo on Tuesday between Palestinian president Mahmoud ...

Talks on Palestinian govt delayed: Fatah official

Talks between president Mahmud Abbas, who heads Fatah, and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on a new Palestinian cabinet have been postponed, a Fatah official said on Sunday.The two senior political figures were due to meet in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss ...

Hamas's Meshaal: U.S. had no right to kill bin Laden

PARIS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Monday the United States had no right to kill Osama bin Laden but said this did not mean the Palestinian Islamist group supported al Qaeda's attacks on civilians.Speaking on France 24 television ...

Fatah, Hamas in Cairo for Palestinian reconciliation

CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinian President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal were in Cairo Wednesday to endorse a deal to end a four-year rift between the secular Fatah group and its Islamist rival.The Egyptian-brokered deal, denounced by Israel ...
Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal urged the Egyptian and Jordanian leaders on Tuesday to boycott the resumption early next month of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks to be hosted by Washington."I appeal to President Hosni Mubarak (of Egypt) and (Jordan's) King Abdullah ...
Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal has accused Israel of obstructing a prisoner exchange that would include an Israeli soldier held captive for nearly four years, a senior official of the Palestinian Islamist group said on Wednesday.Meshaal, who lives in Syrian exile, made ...