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May 2, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/meshal-loses-control-of-hamas-military-wing-as-authority-moves-to-gaza-leadership-1.427625

Power Inside Hamas Shifts to Gaza Leadership

(Ha'aretz) Avi Issacharoff - Hamas leaders have decided to transfer critical areas of authority - previously controlled by political bureau head Khaled Meshal (who was based in Damascus and now Qatar) - to the leadership in Gaza, including control of the organization's budget and of its military wing. Gaza has become Hamas' main decision-making center over the past several months. Meshal's position in Hamas declined steeply after the movement's leadership in Gaza rejected the "Doha agreement," Meshal's efforts to achieve a reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

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