Khaled Mashaal

Hamas leadership elections end without political leader selection, promises future vote

Hamas’s leadership race remains unresolved, with Khaled Mashaal and Khalil al-Hayya seen as likely contenders for the political chief role.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Hamas terrorists look on as they escort members of the Red Cross towards an area within the so-called "yellow line" to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire in Gaza City November 12, 2025.
(L-R:) Senior Hamas officials Khaled Mashaal and Khalil al-Hayya

Hamas completes Gaza voting for general political bureau head, winner to be announced - report

Hamas’s branches in the West Bank and abroad are expected to complete their voting processes and announce a winner next week, Qatari outlet Al-Alraby stated.

|ByELI LEON
Flags of Hezbollah and Hamas.

Who are the most senior Hamas, Hezbollah figures left alive? - explainer

In the wake of the devastation suffered by the groups, who are some of the most significant figures remaining in Hamas and Hezbollah?

|BySAM HALPERN
HAMAS TERRORIST KHALED MASHAAL speaks during an interview in Doha.

Mashaal to Al Jazeera Forum: Hamas disarming risks making Gazans ‘easy victims to be eliminated'

“In the context that our people are still under occupation, talking about disarmament is an attempt to make our people an easy victim to be eliminated," Hamas’s political leader, Mashaal, said.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Turkish PM Erdogan hosts increasingly isolated Hamas leader Mashaal in Ankara

Visit comes day after Israeli, Palestinian negotiators hold 9th round of direct talks.

OCTOBER 8, 2013ByHERB KEINON
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Report: Hezbollah orders Hamas out of Lebanon

Hezbollah orders Islamist group out of Lebanon effective immediately.

MAY 30, 2013ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON, JPOST.COM STAFF
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Stupendously stupid or surreptitiously sinister

Into the fray: The unilateral two-state initiative endorsed by INSS this week is clearly not a ‘creative’ pro-peace measure but a demonstrably anti-settler one.

APRIL 25, 2013ByMARTIN SHERMAN
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Khaled Mashaal re-elected as Hamas leader

Veteran leader is elected for fourth term, despite previous announcements that he does not intend to run for re-election.

APRIL 1, 2013ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
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My word: When diplomacy ‘ads’ up

Along with the flickering images and a tune that is hard to get out of your head, today’s ads are nearly always reinforced by a short slogan.

MARCH 28, 2013ByLIAT COLLINS
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Hamas: Mashaal did not accept the two-state solution

"We will never agree to giving the Zionist state one inch of the land of Palestine," senior Hamas official says.

JANUARY 31, 2013ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
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'Hamas leader Mashaal seeking presidency of PLO'

'Al-Quds Al-Arabi' quotes Palestinian sources as saying Jordan and Qatar are pushing for Mashaal to chair PLO.

JANUARY 29, 2013ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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Erekat defends Hamas's right to run in elections

In interview with Army Radio chief PLO negotiator says of West Bank elections, "we use ballots not bullets."

JANUARY 13, 2013ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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PM: Hamas talks show Abbas not seeking peace

Netanyahu denounces PA president's attempt to forge unity with Hamas, says it is "not how someone who wants peace behaves."

JANUARY 10, 2013ByHERB KEINON
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PM: Mashaal meeting shows Abbas not for peace

Netanyahu denounces PA president's attempt to forge unity with terror group, says "This is not how someone who wants peace behaves."

JANUARY 10, 2013ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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