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Top Hamas Leader Rejects Disarmament or 'Foreign Rule'
Khaled Meshaal rejects disarmament, proposing a 5-10 year truce while emphasizing resistance as a right under occupation and opposing foreign control over Gaza, officials said.
- Mr Meshal, a former Hamas leader, said resistance against Israeli occupation is a right and that the group will not accept disarmament or 'foreign rule'.
- Hamas, an Islamist movement, has waged an armed struggle against Israel, which it sees as occupying Palestinian territories, and launched a deadly cross-border raid into Israel in October 2023.
- A US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza involves the demilitarisation of the territory, including Hamas' disarmament, but Mr Meshal warned that Hamas will 'not accept foreign rule' over Gaza.
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Hamas' political leader abroad, Khaled Meshaal, has rejected calls to disarm Palestinian factions in Gaza, arguing that stripping an occupied people of their weapons would turn them into "an easy target to eliminate." Speaking on the second day of the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha on Sunday, Meshaal described the discussion about Hamas handing over its weapons as a continuation of a centuries-old effort to neutralize Palestinian armed resistance.
Top Hamas leader says disarmament or any 'foreign rule' in Gaza is unacceptable
A senior Hamas leader has rejected calls for the group to disarm or accept any form of foreign control in Gaza, underlining the movement’s opposition to US- and Israel-backed proposals as the ceasefire process enters a critical phase.
·Mumbai, India
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Total News Sources26
Leaning Left7Leaning Right7Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution39% Left, 39% Right
Bias Distribution
- 39% of the sources lean Left, 39% of the sources lean Right
39% Right
L 39%
C 22%
R 39%
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