'We are aware of the fact that there are elements wishing to help the enemy divert the attention from what is happening in Jerusalem,' he says Hamas strongman Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar on Saturday night slammed the Palestinian groups firing rockets at... Full Article at Ynetnews

Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood. In response to rededication of synagogue in Jewish Quarter, senior Hamas figure says Muslims, Christians must 'protect holy sites from Zionists' racist onslaught' Amid growing tensions in east Jerusalem,... Full Article at Ynetnews

Hamas official and former Palestinian FM Mahmoud al-Zahar blamed Israel for hindering the Shalit prisoner swap deal by backing out in the last minute of an agreement on the number of prisoners meant to be released. Al-Zahar said that the change in... Full Article at Ynetnews

At a news conference to announce his release, Mahmoud al-Zahar, the Hamas leader, said: “Paul Martin has been found guilty of being an agent for Israel.” He added that Mr Martin was “working on defaming the image of the Palestinian people by saying... Full Article at Times Online

Without elaboration, he said he "has gone through a lot" during his month in captivity, the AP said. At a news conference, senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar, flanked by British and South African diplomats, said Martin was still considered guilty... Full Article at AOL News

Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas official, told a news conference: "He is a spy for Israel." Martin's alleged criminal activity, as described by Zahar, appeared to have much in common with research journalists have frequently undertaken in the... Full Article at Channel 4

Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas official, told a news conference: "He is a spy for Israel." Martin's alleged criminal activity, as described by Zahar, appeared to have much in common with research journalists have frequently undertaken in the... Full Article at The Post Chronicle

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has released British journalist Paul Martin, accused of espionage and held behind bars for three weeks, a Palestinian police spokesman said on Thursday. Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said the freelance journalist... Full Article at RIA Novosti

You may also want to see Paul Martin was detained on Feb 14 while on a visit to Gaza to give defence evidence in a court case involving a local man accused of working with the Israeli security services. Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas official, told a... Full Article at DNA India

Paul Martin was detained on Feb. 14 while on a visit to Gaza to give defence evidence in a court case involving a local man accused of working with the Israeli security services. Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas official, told a news conference at... Full Article at France 24

Martin was arrested on Feb. 14 while on a visit to Gaza to give defence evidence in a court case involving a local man accused of working with the Israeli security services. Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas official, told a news conference at which he... Full Article at The Telegraph

Investigations in Dubai and the West are strongly pointing to Mossad involvement in the targeted killing. One should not speak ill of the dead, the Prophet Muhammad once intoned. But Mahmoud al-Zahar, 64, the leader of the Islamist Hamas movement in... Full Article at Spiegel Online

The chief negotiator for the Palestinian militant group Hamas has told SPIEGEL that he is no longer willing to take part in talks. Mahmoud al-Zahar, 64, is sitting in an armchair in the corner of a huge room on the ground floor of his house in the Tel... Full Article at Spiegel Online

A crisis has erupted in the Hamas leadership over the way the negotiations for abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit are being handled. A senior Hamas figure in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud al-Zahar, quit the negotiating team two weeks ago. The resignation is... Full Article at Haaretz

General Tamim said that the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a founder of Hamas’s armed wing whose death has been blamed on Israel’s spy agency, the Mossad, was “no longer a local issue but a security issue for European countries”. His warning came... Full Article at FOX News

The Hamas man leaked information on al-Mabhouh's whereabouts to suspected assassins, he said. According to the police chief, Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas leader, requested the UAE to hand over two Palestinian suspects held by the Gulf nation in... Full Article at People's Daily Online

General Tamim said that the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a founder of Hamass armed wing whose death has been blamed on Israels spy agency, the Mossad, was no longer a local issue but a security issue for European countries. His warning came... Full Article at The Nation

Tamim even referred to the man as "the real murderer" in the assassination operation. Sunday Times reports Netanyahu was briefed by Mossad on plans to assassinate Hamas commander in Dubai in early January, wished intelligence agents luck The Dubai... Full Article at Ynetnews

"If the West allows the Zionist enemy to turn its land into land where Palestinian Muslims are murdered, or set off from it to Arab countries to assassinate our people, then we will confront them as God compels us too: 'One evil for another'", he said... Full Article at Ynetnews