What’s the Purpose of the Hamas Chairman’s Grand Tour?
And why did Egypt let it happen?
December 12, 2019
What’s the Purpose of the Hamas Chairman’s Grand Tour?
And why did Egypt let it happen?
Egypt recently made the unusual decision to allow the head of the Hamas politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, to travel abroad. On Tuesday he was in Turkey, from where he is expected to travel to Qatar—these two countries being Hamas’s most reliable supporters—and then to Russia and Malaysia. Hamas’s other major patron, Iran, is conspicuously not on the itinerary. Shahar Klaiman speculates about the reasons for Cairo’s decision:
December 12, 2019
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