Hamas: Khalid Meshaal interviewed on Hard Talk

Hamas: Khalid Meshaal


Hamas has vowed revenge for the killing of its leaders.

In a rare interview on 19 April, Tim Sebastian flew to Beirut to talk to Khalid Meshaal, the overall leader of Hamas. This interview was recorded before the death of his colleague, Abdelaziz Rantissi.

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After the killing of the spiritual leader of Hamas, Sheik Yassin by Israeli forces in Gaza, Khalid Meshaal, the organisation's overall leader, said Hamas now had the right to hunt down any senior Israeli leader in revenge.

Meshaal himself survived an attempt on his life by Israeli agents in 1997.

Hamas has deliberately strengthened its leadership outside the occupied territories since the killing of Sheik Yassin.

In a rare interview he travelled to Beirut to talk to Tim Sebastian.

HARDtalk can be seen on BBC World at 03:30 GMT, 08:30 GMT, 11:30 GMT, 15:30 GMT, 18:30 GMT and 23:30 GMT

It can also be seen on BBC News 24 at 04:30 and 23:30

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/3638925.stm

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Watching now on BBC, but you can down load or read transcript:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/3639093.stm