Evidently, Khaled Meshal has felt the pressure generated by the publicizing of Hamas’ charter, which is anti-Semitic, and, as a result, “urge[s] outsiders to ignore” it, a rather strange and unconvincing call.
Not unexpectedly, this article is largely sympathetic to Hamas; after all, Meshal granted these reporters entrance to his home office in Damascus.
For example, in paragraph nine, El-Khodary and Bronner write,
“Apart from the time restriction and the refusal to accept Israel’s existence, Mr. Meshal’s terms approximate the Arab League peace plan and what the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas says it is seeking.”
Readers cannot be expected to believe that a ten year truce is reason to legetimize Hamas. To the extent that this position "approximate[s]" the Arab League and the Palestinian Authority, this similarity should reflect unfavorably on both of these organizations, rather than favorably on Hamas.
At the conclusion of the piece, Meshal, unaware, alludes to the cult of death Hamas inspires by comparing death to drinking water, which is a Jewish symbol of life.
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