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Top Hamas strongman emerges from post-war hiding
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by 158 | February 7, 2009 at 07:55 am
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Gaza's top strongman emerged Saturday from six weeks in hiding, leading a Hamas delegation to Egypt for cease-fire talks and reiterating the Islamic militant group is "flexible" over who should lead reconstruction in the devastated territory.
Mahmoud Zahar, who is one of Gaza's top two leaders, and three other Hamas officials crossed from Gaza into Egypt on Saturday, en route to Cairo.
Zahar is foreign minister of Gaza. He is the one who said, according to al Jazeera, that Jewish children are a legitimate target.
Mahmud Zahar, a top Hamas leader in Gaza, went to Egypt on Saturday for talks on consolidating a ceasefire with Israel in the coastal enclave, witnesses and a Hamas source said.
It was the first time that Zahar has been seen in public since Israel's 22-day blitz on the territory, they said.
He is among a delegation of seven top Hamas officials who crossed the Rafah border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on their way to Cairo for talks with intelligence chief Omar Suleiman.
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at 08:13 on February 7th, 2009
Mahmoud Zahar has betrayed his people
By calling Jewish children 'legitimate targets', the Hamas commander has dealt a serious blow to Palestinian justice.
Wonder where he was hiding out? and why?
at 13:26 on February 7th, 2009
He has made peace less likely.
Some reports say Hamas has a bunker under the main hospital.
Because he knows Israel would target him, justly so.
at 15:03 on February 7th, 2009
my stories and photos - MeWe NowPublic member - appear to have been removed from NowPublic. No mail or apparent reason. They were in support of those suffering in Gaza.
MeWe's replies and the stories were based on fact and drawn from sites partially - all credited - sites like JewishVoicesForPeace.
is NowPublic expressing a bias, or is there a strange database problem. Please clarify here. i can't get in to check my post.
i dont get paid for these posts in any way, not yet. :-)
at 17:30 on February 7th, 2009
Mewe.
Please contact NP staff about this. Only they can remove stories or ictures or comments.
at 15:56 on February 7th, 2009
We don't get paid either, mewe. Personally am for the children abused and sacrificed by Hamas and their parents. Heart bleeds for those who never had a chance except to be shahid. Two 11-year-old girls' perspectives on shahid. Do you think after watching that that they actually understand? It's like a game to those children.
This Hamas leader hid (in a bunker? a hole in the ground?) while he sent the children out to 'play warrior' and to die.
at 16:47 on February 7th, 2009
Its ashame the IDF didnt kill him , instead of all those innocent women and children in Gaza. Both sides are as bad as eachother.
at 07:51 on February 8th, 2009
NP members and readers still recommending sotires and replies by:
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NowPublic --> Gaza - as all will discover has been 'cyber-ethincally cleaned' and now acts not as News but Opinion, not as Citizen Journalism but as a mouthpiece for the excuses Israeli war criminals and hate-mongers.
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there are members here who know better, but do nothing. perhaps NowPublic is a pasttime for comfortable retirees, who view being banned by NowPublic worse than standing up for peace and human rights and journalism ethics.