Iranian statements, signals and mediation .. Has the Hamas return to Damascus?

Raed Moussa - Gaza

Al-Jazeera Net learned from informed sources that Iran has resumed mediation efforts between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Syrian regime to restore relations between them, after a break continued for years against the background of the situation of the Syrian revolution.

The sources told Al-Jazeera Net that a discussion was taking place within the political bureau of Hamas and its leadership frameworks on the issue of restoring the relationship with the Syrian regime and calculating the gains and losses from this relationship, in light of the reasons that led to the break, referring to the abuse of the regime with the revolution Syrian border.

Silence
The sources said that this debate comes in the light of Iran's renewed efforts to mediate, which was stopped at a previous stage, in order to heal the rift and restore the relationship between Hamas and the Syrian regime.

A member of the political bureau of the movement categorically refused to comment on Al-Jazeera Net on the remarks of another member of the office, Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar, in which he said that "efforts have been made in the past and are being made for the return of relations between the movement and the Syrian regime."

The source only said that "there is a decision taken by the Political Bureau prevents talk negatively or positively on the issue of relations with the Syrian regime, or comment on the statements of Abu Khalid al-Zahar."

What did Zahar say?
"It is in the interests of the resistance to have good relations with all countries that are hostile to Israel and have a clear and explicit position on the occupation, such as Syria, Lebanon and Iran, while some Gulf states support Israel," Zahar said.

The leader of Hamas movement news site close to the Syrian regime, they were moving in Syria as if they were in Palestine, and suddenly collapsed relationship on the backdrop of the Syrian crisis, saying that "was the first not to leave the (Bashar) Assad, and not to enter with him or against him In the course of the crisis. "

Al-Zahar's remarks were sharply criticized by some writers and critics, including the writer and political analyst Yasser al-Za'tara, who strongly rejected his praise of "Bashar's criminal regime and calling for the return of the relationship with him."

It will not be without a price
Al-Zaytara said in an interview with Al-Jazeera Net that "the siege that Hamas is subjected to by some Arab regimes is what has pushed it towards Iran, and those who are besieging the movement and the resistance are themselves colluding with the American-Zionist liquidation projects." But that is something, and the provocative statements and positions of the nation's masses, Originally, something else. "

On the chances of success of the Iranian mediation between Hamas and the Assad regime, Zawahiri said that "it is not difficult, of course, if the movement demanded it, and the statements of the anti-regime against it could disappear if the Iranians mediated in order to prove their position in Syria as the basis of hostility in the region Iraq and Yemen), and are now more careful in light of the escalation of US sanctions, and to get out of the families of the sectarian project conflicting with the majority in the region.

Al-Zawatra said that Hamas's return to its relations with Syria would not be without a price and would have to offer a sacrifice that would implicitly condemn the previous position. All this would be greatly misunderstood among the masses of the nation, which confirms that it has no interest in entering this section. Talk about the regime's victory in Syria is still two, and Iran's own position in Syria seems to be threatened by Russian-American understandings.

He said that "politics accurate calculations answer all questions, not only the current ones, and the loss of the masses of the nation can not be offset by loss," in reference to that the losses of Hamas greater than its gains in the event of normalization of relations with the Syrian regime.

Signals and indicators
For his part, the professor of political science at the University of the Nation in Gaza, Dr. Hossam Al-Dajani of Al Jazeera Net, that "there is an opportunity to return relations between Hamas and Syria, has emerged from several references to the leaders of the movement, the most important issued by the head of the political bureau of the movement in Gaza Yahya Al-Senwar during the revival of Jerusalem In the last Ramadan. "

However, Dujani believes that this issue is not unanimous among the Hamas leadership institutions. Some see the return of relations with the Assad regime as a stab to the Syrian revolution, while others see it as important in the political and regional circumstances, especially what is known as the "deal of the century" To some Arab countries - particularly Saudi Arabia - towards Hamas, all this is driven more towards the normalization of relations with the Syrian regime.

He said that the return of relations between the two sides is linked to the ability of the Iranian mediator to bring the views closer, and convince Damascus to open its doors again to Hamas, which was found in Syria safe haven for its leaders, and benefited from the development of military capabilities.