Hamas Premier Visits Iran in Sign of Strong Relations ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Fares Akram, Isabel Kershner - February 10, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA — Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, arrived in Iran on Friday for a visit that suggested that relations between Hamas and Iran remained good despite reports of tensions over Syria. » Read more

Palestinian unity deal a mistake: Gaza Hamas leader ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP) February 12, 2012 - 1:00am CAIRO — Senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahar slammed a Palestinian unity deal as a "mistake" that has thrown the Islamist movement into crisis, in an interview with Egypt's official MENA agency published on Sunday. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal signed an agreement with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas earlier this month placing Abbas at the head of an interim government charged with organising elections later this year. The decision to have Abbas head the government "is a mistake," Zahar told MENA. "No one inside the Hamas movement was consulted." » Read more