Khaled Mashaal was tapped to be the new Hamas leader on Wednesday, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran early Wednesday morning.
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Ed Morrissey
No surprise here. Mashaal has operated as Haniyeh's deputy for a long time, and as the Post notes, survived an Israeli assassination attack on him in 1997. There won't be any change of direction under Mashaal, and one has to wonder how long it will take for the Israelis to cancel his ticket too.
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