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By contrast, Khaled Meshal, the movement's supreme leader in exile in Syria, says the opposite.
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But Khaled Meshal looks keener to reach out to Mr Abbas and to make emollient noises about Israel.
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This week Khaled Meshal, the head of the Palestinians' ruling Hamas movement, seemed to soften slightly his stance on Israel.
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Pulling the other way have been Hamas's backers, Syria (where Hamas's supreme leader, Khaled Meshal, resides) and Iran.
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He sounds prickly when it is suggested that Khaled Meshal, Hamas's overall leader, who resides in Syria, is more flexible.
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But in a recent interview, Khaled Meshal, the head of Hamas, implied that the organization's charter, calling for the destruction of Israel, is outdated.
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And he has divided Hamas by wooing its leader-in-exile, Khaled Meshal, who is facing his own factional election, while prising him apart from the rougher Hamas rump in Gaza.
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UNRWA's choice of this bank is all the more curious in light of the lifestyle choices of a number of Hamas leaders, such as Khaled Meshal, who are based not in Gaza, but work "in exile" in Damascus.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, for instance, operates out of Damascus, where during the recent conflict in which Israel tried to shut down rocket attacks out of Gaza, Meshal, in Damascus, met with Iranian officials and gave interviews to the media.
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