King Abdullah OK's Hamas Politburo Move From Damascus To Amman, Jordanhttp://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=1922
The Jordanian king, regarded as Israel' foremost Arab ally, has granted Khaled Meshaal permission to reopen his offices in the Jordanian capital, seven years after the late King Hussein expelled him with his staff as a threat to the realm.
DEBKAfile's sources: Abdullah's move is a grave setback for the Olmert-Livni plans to cut down Hamas. The Islamist terrorists will now have an alternative base of operations for bypassing Israel's steps against them next door in Jordan, with direct access to the West Bank.
A Hamas government will, for instance, be free to channel incoming assistance for running its administration through Jordanian banks, thereby circumventing Israel's freeze on allocations.
According to DEBKAfile's intelligence sources, the royal decision was taken last week in secret talks Meshaal's deputy, Muhammad Nazal, held with the heads of Jordanian Intelligence, while his boss was visiting Cairo and Qatar.
As for departing Fatah officials' bids to jump aboard a Hamas administration, our Palestinian sources reveal that Mahmoud Abbas's outgoing national security adviser, Jibril Rajoub, got together quietly with Hamas officials in Cairo last week. He advised them to be more specific about their intended policies and made them an offer: If Hamas decides to resume its terrorist operations, Fatah is willing to join the new campaign on the West bank and Gaza Strip, he said.