(31. August 2009) in today‘s WSJ piece, Meshaal is quoted saying „Hamas and other Palestinian groups are ready to cooperate with any American, international or regional effort to find a just solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, to end the Israeli occupation and to grant the Palestinian people their right of self-determination.“

If Meshaal is truly speaking on behalf of all of Hamas (and Hamas is much better at speaking with a unified voice than most Palestinian parties), then he is actually endorsing President Obama‘s efforts to quickly negotiate an end to the conflict and is offering Hamas „cooperation“ in that regard.