Khaled Mashaal, third right, Hamas political chief, and members of the delegation Moussa Abu Marzouk, second right, and Said Siyam, fourth right, 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)