An embattled Hamas that rules over the Gaza Strip after their coup in 2007 have had quite a reversal of fortunes of late. They have lost favor with Iran and Hezbollah over their support of the rebels in Syria. They have had their dreams dashed by the loss of their brethren, the Egyptian Brotherhood from ruling Egypt. And now the Egyptian military has dramatically reduced the amount of smuggling from Egypt into Gaza and thereby significantly reduce the taxes paid to the Hamas regime for the smuggled goods.
A weakened Hamas has now decided to attempt to ease the tension between themselves and the new government of Egypt by calling on clerics to halt their sermons calling the activities of the Egyptian government a war on Islam.
Gaza preachers, in fiery sermons, have accused Egypt's army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, of waging war against Islam. Egyptian army officials have said Hamas is interfering in Egyptian affairs and suggested that Palestinians were helping Islamist militants in Sinai, which borders Gaza and Israel.
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"Preachers should avoid speaking of the internal affairs of Egypt and focus on our Palestinian national issues and our struggle for the liberation of our land and the freedom of our prisoners (held by Israel)," said Ismail Rudwan, the Hamas-appointed religious affairs minister in Gaza.
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