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Israel said Qatar had "thrown peace under the bus" with the visit. Officially, Emir made the visit to inaugurate a Qatari investment project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Syria gave the Hamas leader shelter for years. Now Syria has denounced him in withering terms, a sign of the changing alliances in the Middle East.
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The Islamist group, which controls the Gaza Strip, is undergoing "fundamental change," according to analysts and the statements of its senior leaders. Hamas leaders say there are divisions among the ranks as they try to grapple with where to push the movement.
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Osama Hamdan said the negotiations prove that Hamas is "rational," in that they were able to come to common ground with Israel.
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In an interview with Robert Siegel, Hamas' Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad said the group had moderated its views and seeks a peaceful solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict.