RUSSIA CONSIDERS SELLING MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO HAMAS

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Russia to consider selling helicopters to PA (YNet)

The Russian government may sign an arms deal with Hamas during a scheduled visit by the terror group’s leaders to Moscow, according to Chief of the Russian General Staff Yuri Baluyevsky.  The Hamas delegation, headed by Khaled Mashaal, is set to visit Russia sometime next month.  “The decision to sell arms to Hamas must be reached through the cooperation of both sides,” the general said. “We will have to wait and see what the meetings in Russia will produce.”

Baluyevsky added that Russia is considering selling Hamas, among other things, of “two unarmed helicopters that would be used for transporting Palestinian leaders, in addition to armed vehicles to help preserve stability.” The Palestinians have expressed their willingness to purchase two M-17 helicopters and some 50 armored vehicles. However, the Palestinians will not be able to receive the equipment without Israeli consent.