(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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