Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal Praises President Barack Obama for “New Language” Regarding Middle East

Three days after U.S. President Barack Obama released a video message to Iranian leaders and people calling for a “new beginning” in relations the political leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, praised Obama for his willingness to bring “new language” to discussions regarding the Middle East.

While not directly citing Obama’s video message Meshaal told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that “a new language towards the region is coming from President Obama.”

The U.S., along with the EU and UN, have refused to deal with Hamas until the Palestinian group formally recognizes Israel and rejects violence. Hamas and Israel have had a long history of conflict and just recently Israel launched air and ground strikes inside the Gaza Strip, a region that Hamas has controlled since 2007.

Hamas’s charter calls for the destruction of Israel and it has been that message that has left Western countries from meeting with the political wing of the military group.

Yet Meshaal appeared to interpret Obama’s recent message as a sign there could be a shift as he told the paper “The challenge for everybody is for this to be the prelude for a genuine change in US and European policies.”

Click here for more World News

About YourFINDit

YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. YourFINDit provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in depth profile within YourFindit. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the YourFINDit community. YourFindit provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside advertising) displaying only banner ads they upload to their pages. Members can run their own ads or give or sell their ad space to advertisers at prices the member sets.

To create your profile sign up and within minutes you too can have your People profile running your ads and building your network with new members daily.

YourFindit is owned and operated by TransWorldNews, Inc. a news and press release distribution service.