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I say to our brothers in the Authority that we are witnessing political stagnation
Hamas leader says truce is ending Dec 09, 2005
We will not even raise the issue of participating in the national unity government because Hamas does not accept most of the projects which are being considered by the Palestinian Authority at present
Hamas snubs national unity government Mar 30, 2005
We will not participate in an authority entrusted with carrying (out) security commitments made to Israel
Hamas shuns PA under Arafat May 05, 2004
Since the enemy has targeted our leadership ... and a big symbol like Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, it is the right of the resistance to respond against the big Zionist heads
Hamas targets Sharon for assassination Mar 24, 2004
I do not expect any progress in peace talks on the Palestinian, Syrian or any other direction of the Middle East settlement as the Israeli leadership is the leadership of war, aggression and occupation, rather than a leadership taking a stand for peace
Hamas leader: No prospects for talks Feb 08, 2010
Khaled Mashal, also known as Khaled Mashaal, Khaled Meshaal, and Khalid Mish'al, (Arabic: خالد مشعل; born 1956) has been the main leader of Hamas—a Palestinian political, social, and terrorist organization—since the assassination of Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi in 2004. In addition, Mashal heads the Syrian branch of the political bureau of Hamas.
Mashal was born in Silwad, a village north of Ramallah and moved to Jordan in 1967. While attending Kuwait University, Mashal, as an Islamic student leader, challenged the dominance of Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization, participating in the foundation of the Islamic Haqq Bloc, which competed with Fatah for leadership of the General Union of Palestinian Students in Kuwait. After the founding of Hamas in 1987, Mashal came to lead the Kuwaiti branch of the organization. Mashal moved from Kuwait to Jordan in 1991. Since the expulsion of the Hamas leadership from Jordan in August 1999, Mashal lived in Qatar before moving to the Syrian capital of Damascus in 2001.
Khaled Mashal was born in the village of Silwad, north of Ramallah, then ruled by Jordan. Mashal attended Silwad Elementary School until the 1967 Six-Day War and the occupation of the West Bank by Israel. His father moved the family to Kuwait afterward for financial reasons. Mashal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Kuwait University. Mashal joined the Muslim Brotherhood in 1971.