Khaled Mashaal, center, Hamas political chief, and members of the delegation Moussa Abu Marzouk, right, and Said Siyam, left, pray in Moscow's main mosque, Saturday, March 4, 2006. Hamas' leader ruled out any softening of the militant Palestinian group's hostility to Israel after high-profile talks in Moscow at which Russia called on it recognize the Jewish state and abandon violence. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)