On August 16 , 2009 , Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal stated that the organization is ready to open dialogue with the Obama administration because its policies are much better than those of former US president George W. Bush : " As long as there 's a new language , we welcome it , but we want to see not only a change of language , but also a change of policies on the ground . We have said that we are prepared to cooperate with the US or any other international party that would enable the Palestinians to get rid of occupation . " Despite this , an August 30 , 2009 , speech during a visit to Jordan in which Mashaal expressed support for the Palestinian right of return was interpreted by David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as a sign that " Hamas has now clearly opted out of diplomacy . " However , in a rare and widely cited video interview with Charlie Rose on May 28 , 2010 , Mashaal expressed his view that a right of return ( to a Palestinian state outside Israel 's 1967 boundaries ) was consistent with diplomacy toward a two-state solution , saying that " if Israel withdraws to the borders of 1967 , it does n't mean that it gives us back all the land of the Palestinians . But we do consider this as an acceptable solution to have a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967 . Hamas accepts a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967 with its capital Jerusalem and with the right of return . This stand by Hamas is announced , practiced , and it signed an agreement with Fatah , which is the national compact document . " The August 2 , 2010 rocket attack on Eilat and Aqaba sparked rage in Egypt at Hamas and Iran . The Egyptian press stated that the firing of the rockets from Egyptian territory by Hamas or by organizations cooperating with it constituted the crossing of a red line . The Egyptian position was that Iran is using Hamas as a local proxy to escalate violence in the Middle East and to sabotage the Palestinian reconciliation efforts , as well as efforts to renew Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations
rocket attack on Eilat and Aqaba
Rocket attacks on Eilat and Aqaba
History of Hamas