200,000 Palestinians expected at Hamas rally on Saturday

Saturday, December 08, 2012
Gaza's armed groups unite in fight against Israel
During the recent fighting between Israel and Palestinian fighters, there was an unprecedented level of co-operation between the dozen resistance groups in Gaza. They..

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6:12 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
Hamas chief's Gaza visit poses challenge to Israel

, Gaza Strip — The image of Hamas' long-exiled chief triumphantly walking around the Gaza Strip, flashing victory signs beside Islamic militant leaders Friday, illustrates how the group's defiance of Israel is forcing a change in Palestinian politics.
Buoyed by the rise of fellow Islamists in Egypt, Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal and his allies are confronting Israel with the specter of a change in the balance of power between the two rival Palestinian factions — Hamas and the Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah.
Mashaal, 56, who left the West Bank as a child and now leads Hamas from the Gulf state of Qatar, broke into tears Friday as he arrived in the Gaza Strip for his first-ever visit.
Once on Gazan soil after crossing the border from Egypt, he prostrated himself in a gesture of thanks, He then recited a traditional Islamic prayer and kissed the ground.
Thousands of supporters lined the streets as Mashaal and Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh drove by, waving and flashing victory signs...

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On first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip, Khaled Meshaal says he hopes to become "a martyr" in the besieged territory.

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