Talk to Jazeera - Khaled Meshaal - 05 Mar 08 - Pt. 1

A report released this week by the American magazine Vanity Fair disclosed a plan by the US administration to overthrow the democratically-elected Hamas by arming rival Fatah forces through millions of dollars worth of weapons. This as Israel waged its deadliest round of attacks on Gaza since 2000.

Al Jazeera's Hashim Ahlbarra meets with Hamas' Khaled Meshaal, head of the group's political bureau, and asks him about the report.

In this episode of Talk to Jazeera, Mishaal ,talks about the leaked US plan of arming Fatah and instigating a civil war in Gaza.

He also talks about rocket fire from the coastal strip and answers questions about a possible truce with Israel.

Mishaal says the surfacing of this report vindicates Hamas' coup of Gaza, claiming that it was a pre-emtive measure forced upon them to preserve their existence and the voice of those who voted for them.

Al Jazeera also questions the leader on Hamas' logic behind rocket attacks from Gaza in light of the recent onslaught by Israel and the humanitarian loss as a result.

The Hamas leader is questioned about his links with Iran and where the group gets its backing from. Mishaal denies any funding or armament from Iran and insists that Hamas is an independent group, reliant on no one.

On talks with Israel, Mishaal says that following the "holocaust" perpetrated by the Israelis, talks are out of the question. He also says that Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president, should reassess his position on talks as well.

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[07838220951]

I love Khalid Mashaal although i am afghan he is a HERO. i rate him so much. long live HAMAS n my muslim brothers

[sheepblitzer]

i remember back when it was known that hamas was democratically elected. these days it seems like every Western media outlet tries to erase that little fact, talking about how Hamas has "ruled" Gaza since they "siezed" power from Fatah two years ago

[MosheTortomasi]

the clock is ticking for this man.

[IsraelShine]

@aomrnyny God will bless forever Israel! You can't stop that!!

[benjohnson50]

@bigmedge On a side note, how is Hamas a dictatorship? 

[benjohnson50]

@bigmedge Also, on the topic of WWII and military tactics. It's a well known historical fact that JAPANESE pilots used their planes as missles, effecitvely making them suicide bombers against american naval ships. The us government rounded up 10's of thousands of AMERICANS with japanese decent and threw them into concentration camps. It was done under the guise of protecting us from the scary "japs" who want us all dead. Same story, with a new and updated scary brown bad guy is happening now.

[benjohnson50]

@bigmedge Your argument is rediculous. Germany also had an actual country. The people of the west bank and gaza have more in common with the french freedom fighters of WWII than the nazis. Sharia has little to nothing to do with the israeli/palestinian conflict. it's about land. Do you honestly belive that if tomorrow the israeli government unilaterally pulled out of gaza and the west bank that the civilians in gaza would continue to support hamas?