Hamas Leader Khaled Mashal: 51% of Young Americans Support Hamas; We Can Hide Our Weapons, But Will Not Surrender Them; Int'l Force Can Be Deployed on the Border, but Not Inside Gaza; Israel Will Come to an End Khaled Mashal, Hamas’s leader abroad, said in a December 10, 2025 interview on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) that the Palestinian cause has made major strides, to the extent that 51% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 21 support Hamas and the Palestinian resistance. He said that prior t