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Hamas uses backchannel to Tel Aviv

According to Hamas sources, the Islamist movement sent an indirect message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and not for the first time.

Hazem Balousha
Hazem Balousha
Feb 28, 2014
GAZA CITY, -: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, new Finance Minister Salam Fayad (2R) and new Sports and Youth Minister Bassem Naim (R) arrive for the first meeting of the new Palestinian unity cabinet in Gaza City, 18 March 2007. The new Palestinian government held its first cabinet meeting today, vowing to confront rampant lawlessness and end a crippling international aid freeze but facing a continued Israeli boycott. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Salam Fayad (2R) and Bassem Naim (R) arrive for the first meeting of a new Palestinian unity cabinet in Gaza City, March 18, 2007. — MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images

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