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Hamas expands international outreach

Recent meetings between Hamas and international figures suggest that ties are deepening between the movement and Western diplomats, who are quietly meeting to discuss Gaza’s future, the reconciliation with Fatah and a proposed truce with Israel.

Adnan Abu Amer
Adnan Abu Amer
Mar 12, 2015
Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas' leader, Osama Hamdan gives a speech during the fifth annual meeting of the Moroccan movement for Unification and Reform (known as Attawhid Wal'Islah in Arabic and MUR in French) on August 9, 2014 at the Mohammed V theatre in the capital Rabat. The meeting, with this year's theme being "Reforms, cooperation and responsability", gathers political local and foreign representatives, coming notably from Sudan, Tunisia, Algeria and also from Europe. AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA
Hamas' foreign relations chief Osama Hamdan gives a speech during the fifth annual meeting of the Moroccan movement for Unification and Reform at the Mohammed V National Theater in Rabat, Aug. 9, 2014. — FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images

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