What a shame! Hamas video address to British MPs fails due to technical glitch

<g> I wonder what could possibly have gone wrong. Perhaps it was the same sort of problem that was experienced by the ship of immigrants that Yasser Arafat once tried to bring to Israel. Perhaps it was the hand of God, or perhaps God helps those who help themelves. Clare Short won't give up, but she should remember that accidents can happen.

 

Last update - 22:30 22/04/2009       
Hamas video address to British MPs fails due to technical glitch
By Barak Ravid
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1079811.html

 

Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshal's plan to address British lawmakers in an unprecedented video teleconference on Wednesday failed due to a technical glitch.

 

The Damascus-based Meshal had hoped to address the parliamentarians as part of the Islamist group's campaign to persuade the West to engage in dialogue with Hamas as part of the Middle East peace process.

 

Event organizers had hoped the session could help persuade the U.S. and European governments to review their policy toward Hamas, but were unable to speak to Meshal when a video link failed.

 

Independent British lawmaker Clare Short, a former Labor Cabinet minister and one of the event's organizers, said she would invite Meshal to address a future meeting in the same way.