Khaled Meshaal

Interview: Hezbollah And Hamas on Obama, Netanyahu, Terrorism ... And Oprah

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


Sharmine Narwani

While both groups embrace Islamic values as their core ideology and driving principle, their political actions appear to be driven more by realpolitik than Quranic mandate.

Hamas Leader Rejects Israel's Peace Plan

BBC NEWS | Posted 07.27.2009 | World


Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has dismissed the terms for a demilitarised state laid out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr Netanyahu off...

Hamas Leader Reviews Obama Speech

Time | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


About an hour after Barack Obama's excellent Cairo speech, I met with Khaled Meshal, the leader of Hamas, at his office here to talk about the speech ...

What Was Hamas Thinking? Understanding the Events in Gaza

Shadi Hamid | Posted 01.28.2009 | World


Shadi Hamid

So what are Hamas's strategic imperatives? Hamas still behaves like a traditional guerrilla or terrorist group -- such groups are interested in relative, not absolute, victory.

Hamas Calls For Third Intifada In Response To Airstrikes

Al Jazeera English | Posted 01.27.2009 | World


Khaled Meshaal, Hamas's political leader, has called for an uprising against Israel after an unprecedented attack on the Gaza Strip killed at least 22...

Hamas Signals Compromise, But No One's Watching

Gershom Gorenberg | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


Gershom Gorenberg

Last week, the head of Hamas's Political Bureau gave an interview to a Palestinian paper that should have been read as an act of public diplomacy. In the West, though, it has hardly been read at all.