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Jordan's King Meets Previously Shunned Hamas Leader in Effort to Engage Islamists


(AP-Washington Post) A Jordanian Royal Palace statement says King Abdullah II's talks Thursday with seven Hamas officials, headed by leader Khaled Mashaal, focused on a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, referring to creating a Palestinian state next to Israel, which Hamas ideology rejects. Abdullah's meeting with Mashaal, a Jordanian citizen, is their second since January. Mashaal was expelled in 1999 for "illicit and harmful" activities.
2012-06-29 00:00:00
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