US's charges against Hamas shows it is not an honest broker in talks: Analysis

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Rami Khouri, a distinguished fellow at the American University of Bei-rut, said the US's decision to charge Hamas's top leaders hurts its role as a mediator in the ongoing conflict.

The charges come "as no surprise," Khouri told Al Jazeera from the US city of Boston.

"The United States has been heavily, enthusiastically and vigorously supporting Israel in its current actions in Gaza - in what the UN calls a plausible genocide. And it has long opposed groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, designating them as terrorist groups," he said.

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