Recession in Muslim Brothers' mediation between Hamas, Jordan's government
Regional-Jordan, Politics, 10/27/1999

The mediation efforts played by the Muslim Brothers in Jordan between the Hamas movement and the Jordanian government have receded as the chairman of the movement's political bureau, Khaled Mashaal, refused from his prison the mediation of the "Muslim group."

He called on the Jordanian government to open a direct dialogue with the Hamas movement without resorting to "other channels." He added that such a dialogue requires the instant release of the detained Hamas leaders.

The Jordanian daily al-Dostour said in this regard, "Saying so, Mashaal has eventually abrogated from his prison the authorization he had offered to both member of the movement's political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk, its representative in Syria Imad al-Alami, and Osama Hamdan, the movement's representative in Lebanon for the Muslim Brothers through the delegation which visited Damascus at the end of last week to make mediation efforts between the government and Hamas."

Earlier, Muslim Brothers executive bureau member Salem al-Falahat and the media spokesman for the group, Jamil Abu Baker, who met with Abu Marzouk, al-Alami and Hamdan in Damascus, had also visited Mashaal and Ibrahim Ghoseh, Hamas' official spokesman in al-Jweidah prison, carrying with them the conditions set by the Jordanian government to end the crisis.

The chairman of the Hamas's political bureau, Mashaal, surprised them in his refusal to accept a mediation between his movement and the government even as such a mediation is carried out by the observer general of the Muslim Brothers group, Abdul Majid Zuneibat.

The Jordanian paper added that the sudden change in Mashaal's stand led to "re-mixing the papers" and the spread of information which speaks of the movement's intention to assign the post of the movement's political bureau for Abu Marzouk, currently in Damascus.

The paper added that the Muslim Brothers group held a meeting after Mashaal had refused its mediation to discuss this new stand, adding that information leaked from the meeting said that the Muslim group's political bureau started contacts with Hamas leaders inside the Palestinian areas and in the Diaspora, especially with those who have the authority to assign the Muslim group to continue the dialogue with the Jordanian government to end the crisis

The paper added that the presence of the majority of members of the political bureau of Hamas abroad will help the Muslim Brothers to have the authorization to continue the dialogue with the government, especially as the first authorization was not originally issued by Mashaal. It was rather declared by Hamas leaders in Damascus and Beirut.

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