Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal (r), has endorsed non-violent popular protest over armed resistance, according to insiders. Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/REUTERS
Arab Spring Uprisings Reveal Rift In Hamas Over Conflict Tactics -- The Guardian
Leaders at odds over suggestion Islamist party plans strategic turn away from armed struggle to popular non-violent resistance.
Tensions are mounting between the Hamas leadership based in Gaza and its exiled chief over the organisation's future strategy in the wake of the popular – and largely non-violent – Arab spring revolutions and the success of Islamist parties in elections.
Khaled Meshaal, the Islamist party's leader in Damascus, has indicated in recent weeks that Hamas is making a strategic turn away from armed struggle to popular non-violent resistance.
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My Comment: I am not impressed by these differences. The Hamas leadership in Syria is influenced by the Arab spring and by the uprisings in Syria (because they live there) .... and the Hamas leadership in Gaza is more focused on their battles against Israel on the border (because that is where they live). But overall their goals are the same .... the eventual destruction of the state of Israel.
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