18 Oct 2009 10:27 AM By Steve Clemons



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AMMAN, JORDAN -- On Saturday, 17 October, I interviewed Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on a range of subjects at his offices in Damascus, Syria.

The full interview is currently being edited and will be released first at Palestine Note and will then appear here at The Washington Note.

During the meeting I asked Meshaal to reconfirm news that I distributed on Friday - namely that, despite the start-and-stop, blurred comments coming out about whether Hamas and Fatah would meet in Cairo for reconciliation negotiations  -  Hamas was going to send a delegation.

Full stop, Mashal confirms this in the seven second video above.

In the coming days, the full interview will appear here at Palestine Note.

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Posted at 18 Oct 2009 10:27 AM by Steve Clemons

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Posted By Palestinian Patriot - 18 Oct 2009 10:57 AM

I didnt know mashaal speaks english!! its good to see that he is going to the talks in cairo, or at least sending a delegation. But the hope is that they actually come out with resutls not just make a a trip there. they have to conclude a deal. people are tired of this hamas-fatah dialouge...

Posted By Palestinian Patriot - 20 Oct 2009 7:10 PM

I  didnt know mashaal speaks english!! he still comes across to me as a dishonest person. I dont know why clemons or palestinenote would interview someone like him. Where is abu mazen ? or fatah's voice? how come no one is interviewing them?

Posted By Kinda - 21 Oct 2009 4:58 AM

What's with Hamas and their contradictory messages? I'm so tired of it. They seriously need to hire a professional PR company to handle their public announcements:)

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