Abbas steps up attacks on Hamas, is Hamas reeling?

Firas Press reports that PA president Mahmoud Abbas has been insulting Hamas more and more lately.

He said that Hamas is merely a tool of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and takes its directions from them, implying that Hamas is not a Palestinian Arab movement at all.

Abbas also says that Khaled Meshal lied to him when he said that Hamas had nothing to do with the kidnap/murder of 3 Israeli teens last summer, when it was later revealed that Hamas in fact was behind the attack. He concluded that no one lies as much as Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

The head of Hamas' rival Fatah terror organization is clearly attempting to shore up his support in Egypt, where the people hate the Muslim Brotherhood and support the army's crackdown on Gaza smuggling.

At the same time, Hamas says that the PA has been arresting Hamas members in the West Bank for political purposes, and has also summoned a number of Hamas reporters for questioning.

JCPA just released a paper claiming that Hamas is considering rethinking its policies in order to remain relevant and some Hamas leaders have even called for it to change its antisemitic charter and to avoid all violence for five years, although it is doubtful that Hamas would actually follow through.