Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal attends a news conference, during his official visit to Russia, in Moscow February 8, 2010.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters after meeting Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow February 8, 2010.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (L) shakes hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as they meet in Moscow February 8, 2010.

A Palestinian youth's height is measured by members of Hamas' security forces at a Hamas recruitment center in Gaza City February 7, 2010. According to Hamas officials, thousands of young Palestinians in Gaza have registered their names in hope of joining Hamas' security forces.

Palestinians take part in a physical examination at a Hamas recruitment center in Gaza City February 7, 2010. According to Hamas officials, thousands of young Palestinians in Gaza have registered their names in hope of joining Hamas' security forces.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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ASH-SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP- FEBRUARY 4: In this handout image supplied by the PPM, Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh receives Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha'ath on February 4, 2010 in Ash-Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip. The visit of Fatah official Sha'ath is the first...

Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya (R) and senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath attend a news conference in Gaza City February 4, 2010. Shaath, a leader of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group, travelled to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday for rare talks with the Islamist...

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (R) shakes hands with senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath during their meeting in Gaza City February 4, 2010. Shaath, a leader of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group, travelled to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday for rare talks with the...

Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya (L) meets senior Fatah leader Nabil Shaath (R) in Gaza City February 3, 2010. Shaath arrived in Gaza on Wednesday for his first visit since the Islamist group Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip from rival Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement...

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, right, meets Hamas leader Khalil Al-Haya, left, in the Grand Palace hotel in Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals...

Hamas Justice Minister Mohammed Al-Goul (R) hands Hamas' response to a U.N. report on Israel's three-week offensive in Gaza to U.N. representative Curtis Goering in Gaza City February 3, 2010. The Islamist group Hamas on Wednesday formally rejected allegations it had committed war crimes...

Hamas Justice Minister Mohammed Al-Goul (R) hands Hamas' response to a U.N. report on Israel's three-week offensive in Gaza to U.N. representative Curtis Goering, in Gaza City February 3, 2010. The report by a panel led by jurist Richard Goldstone criticizes both sides in last year's Dec....

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Masked Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committees, a Hamas-allied militant group stand during a press conference in an orchard in Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Israeli police cordoned off beaches along a 25-mile (40-kilometer) area north of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday...

Hamas legislator Naser Abd El-Jawad poses in his office in the West Bank town of Salfit, near Nablus February 1, 2010. El-Jawad says nobody will work for him out of fear it could land them in a Palestinian jail. Hamas says some 600 members are in Palestinian prisons in the West Bank, indicating...

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal accepts condolences during the funeral for Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Damascus January 31, 2010. The Hamas commander killed in Dubai was targeted by Israel for his role in smuggling "special weapons" to the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamist group...

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gives a speech during the funeral procession for Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Damascus January 31, 2010. The Hamas commander killed in Dubai was targeted by Israel for his role in smuggling "special weapons" to the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamist...

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Hamas Political leader Khaled Mashaal speaks at a Funeral procession for Mahmuod al-Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas' military wing in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Jan. 31, 2010. Al-Mabhouh died in Dubai last week and Hamas accused Israel's spy agency Mossad of assassinating Al-Mabhouh...

Palestinian youths submit their identity cards before a physical examination at a Hamas recruitment center in Gaza City February 7, 2010. According to Hamas officials, thousands of young Palestinians in Gaza have registered their names in hope of joining Hamas' security forces.

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Palestinian Hamas' strongman from Gaza, Mahmoud Zahar, speaks after visiting the Jordanian Askary hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (2nd from bottom, L) walks with Palestinian supporters of Hamas during the funeral of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas military commander, at al-Yarmouk camp near Damascus January 29, 2010. Israel assassinated al-Mabhouh, who played a major role in a Palestinian...

A Palestinian supporter of Hamas holds a picture of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas military commander, during his funeral at al-Yarmouk camp near Damascus January 29, 2010. Israel assassinated al-Mabhouh, who played a major role in a Palestinian uprising in the 1980s, in Dubai, an official...

The body of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas military commander, is seen at a Damascus hospital before his funeral January 29, 2010. Israel assassinated Mabhouh, who played a major role in a Palestinian uprising in the 1980s, in Dubai, an official in the Islamist group said on January 29,...

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (C), Hamas deputy, Moussa Abu Marzouk (R), and Abdel Raouf, son of al-Mahhouh (L) pray over the coffin of Mahmoud al-Mahhouh at al-Wasim mosque in al-Yarmouk camp near Damascus January 29, 2010. Israel assassinated a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai who...

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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal speaks during the funeral procession of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas' military wing at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, near Damascus, Syria, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Hamas accused Israeli agents on Friday of assassinating al-Mabhouh,...