From the Islamic Resistance Movement 'Hamas' comes everything that is surprising and everything that is unexpected. In addition to the earthquake of October 7, and the shock of legendary steadfastness, the movement is once again transporting the world to another shock that has not occurred to the people of political analysis and those who forecast the future and its outcomes. It did not pass the imagination of the most experienced and professional intelligence services in the world.
While expectations were almost certain that the movement had settled on Khaled Meshal as a 'possible' successor to Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, its decision to choose Sinwar comes to shake once again confidence in the myths that have bedeviled the Israeli - and, of course, American - security establishment.
Naming Sinwar as head of the Political Bureau means transferring the political decision, including the future of the 'negotiations' later... from the moderate political leadership 'Haniyeh' - as described by observers and those who dealt with him closely as a polished and practical interlocutor - to the highest-ranking military and field official, 'Sinwar.'
