Khaled Mashaal, left, Hamas political chief, is greeted by a Muslim in Moscow's main mosque, Saturday, March 4, 2006. At right background is Russia's Chief Mufti Ravil Gainutdin. 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)