As for Mr Meshal, having realised to his chagrin that Gaza was no longer his to bargainaway, he declared that he would retire after 15 years in the job.
They claim the Marshall Islands government has no right to bargainaway the rights of indigenous inhabitants of Kwajalein, who were moved by the Americans to nearby Ebeye in the 1960s.
He said that many of BT's new customers were probably coming back from TalkTalk - which lured millions away with bargain basement broadband when it got into the business.