Meshaal

In mid-April, a delegation of senior Hamas officials, led by Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Meshaal, traveled to Saudi Arabia under the guise of a religious pilgrimage.

Meanwhile, former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has already ruled out the idea that international or forces from Arab states could administer the Gaza Strip.

As the new academic year gets underway, senior Hamas official Khaled Meshaal has urged university students across the world to resume their protests against Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza.

CAIRO (Reuters): Khaled Meshaal, tipped to be the new Hamas leader, became known around the world in 1997 after Israeli agents injected him with poison in a botched assassination attempt on a street outside his office in the Jordanian capital Amman.

Further ahead, Khaled Meshaal, the group’s former chief, has emerged as a potential replacement as the public face of Hamas, but it remains unclear how the succession will be handled.

Hamas sources said Khaled Meshaal is expected to be chosen as paramount leader of the group to replace Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Iran in the early hours of Wednesday, with Tehran and Hamas vowing retribution against Israel.

Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas' political office in exile, urged Arab and Muslim countries on Monday to launch "new fronts of resistance (against Israel) for the sake of freedom and dignity".

Like other Hamas leaders, Meshaal has grappled with the critical issue of whether to adopt a more pragmatic approach to Israel in pursuit of Palestinian statehood – Hamas’ 1988 charter calls for Israel’s destruction – or keep fighting.

They include Sinwar's deputy Khalil al-Hayya, who has led ceasefire negotiations for the group, and Khaled Meshaal, widely seen as Hamas' diplomatic face.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has stated that the Charter is "a piece of history and no longer relevant, but cannot be changed for internal reasons".

Statements by Hamas members and clerics to an international audience In an interview with CBS This Morning in July 27, 2014, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal stated: We are not fanatics.