Indeed, Hamas accuses Fatah of trying to assassinate Mr Haniyeh and stage a coup.
PSR, found that Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh would beat Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas in a presidential election.
Ismail Haniyeh, the (Hamas) prime minister, says that Mr Abbas has no constitutional right to do so.
With Hamas's centre of gravity shifting back to Gaza via Cairo, Mr Haniyeh may be eyeing Mr Meshal's job.
In 2006, Erdogan was the first major international leader and NATO member to host Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh.
They are more than happy to have their pictures taken with the likes of Hamas terror master Ismail Haniyeh.
Under this, the prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, would resign to make way for someone agreed on by both parties.
Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader, is expected to stay on as prime minister.
For now, Mr Haniyeh's Hamas men in Gaza dangle the idea of reconciliation before Fatah, promising much but accomplishing almost nothing.
In Gaza, Hamas leaders spent the morning in closed meetings before Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh issued a statement condemning the killing.
If Khaled Mashaal and Ismail Haniyeh would just tell the US and Europe what they wanted to hear, all would be forgiven.
Abbas and Haniyeh not only agreed to form a unity government, they also agreed that Hamas would become a member of the PLO.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Olmert's response to Palestinian violence
Tensions have emerged with an older generation, including the prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, who after an attack on UN summer camps pleaded for tolerance.
Some Hamas leaders in Gaza and the West Bank though not, so far, Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian prime minister have called for the soldier's immediate release.
Olmert has used Syria's role in ordering attacks against Israel as a way of letting the local terror commanders Abbas and Haniyeh off the hook.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Olmert's response to Palestinian violence
It is not clear who might replace Mr Meshaal, although Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Hamas's government in the Gaza Strip, is a likely candidate.
The portly Mr Haniyeh is encroaching on Mr Meshal's turf, touring the region with a posse of ministers from Gaza, to be hosted by heads of state.
He has revived talks with Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister, on a governing coalition of Fatah and Hamas that might be more palatable to foreign donors.
And though Mr Haniyeh has promised to hand back the keys to Mr Abbas's own house in Gaza, Hamas heavies stand by his front door, refusing to budge.
Its prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, who usually presents himself as a cuddly moderate, infuriated his Fatah compatriots by publicly proclaiming Osama bin Laden to be a martyr, may God have mercy on him.
Hamas has infuriated its other big sponsor, Iran, with the news that Gaza's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, on his first foreign tour in four years, may hobnob with some of Iran's sworn enemies.
ECONOMIST: Palestinian unity: Rivals who may need each other | The
Its prime minister, Hisham Qandil, told Mr Haniyeh to conciliate his Palestinian rivals under Mahmoud Abbas who run the Palestinian Authority based in Ramallah on the West Bank, if he wanted relations with Egypt to improve.
And they do so at a time when Fatah's leadership refuses to have anything to do with the Israeli government and as Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas is preparing for his summit with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Israel assassinated two centrist Hamas leaders, Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi, during the second intifada, and led an international boycott of the Hamas government elected in 2006, which was headed by another centrist, Ismail Haniyeh.
Gaza's Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh said in a statement sent to the BBC that Hamas support for the UN bid "is based on the 'rule of non-recognition of the occupier'... and the right of Palestinians to return to their homeland".
BBC: Palestinian UN vote will hurt peace, says Israel's Regev
While the government's platform authorizes Abbas to negotiate with Israel, Haniyeh explained that any agreement recognizing a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza must not hinder the rights of the Palestinians to continue "liberating" the rest of Palestine, i.e.
While Shin Bet Director Yuval Diskin was preparing the list of Hamas leaders IDF forces arrested in Judea and Samaria Wednesday night, Abbas was finalizing his deal with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for the formation of a Hamas-Fatah unity government.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Olmert's response to Palestinian violence
The kidnap of an Israeli soldier near Gaza in June, by militants loyal to Mr Meshal, seemed timed to scupper coalition talks between Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and Ismail Haniyeh, the Gaza-based prime minister, who after some teetering now seems to have gone firmly over to Mr Meshal's rejectionist camp.
ECONOMIST: Moderates and rejectionists: The Palestinian test case | The
应用推荐