Hamas tries to take advantage of the events in Egypt and its ties with the Muslim Brotherhood to improve its standing with the Egyptian government and to make it easier to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip.
Hamas tries to take advantage of the events in Egypt and its ties with the Muslim Brotherhood to improve its standing with the Egyptian government and to make it easier to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip. To that end Hamas invited al-Qardawi, Hamas’ religious authority, to visit the Gaza Strip.
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