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| Hamas, Fatah: Halting Operations not on agenda |
| 2002-12-25 |
| Dialogue between the Egyptian authorities and the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas kicked off yesterday December 24. Hamas accuses elements inside Fatah Movement of placing [obstacles] to hamper inter-Palestinian dialogue. Osama Hamdan, a member of the Hamas delegation, reaffirmed that the movement would not go public with the names of those it accuses of stymieing the dialogue. "We are not trying to personalize the issue but we have talked to the Egyptian side about this principle," he added. "We're just bitching to be on record, because when the talks break down we'll be able to blame them..." In exclusive statements to IslamOnline, Hamdan said the dialogue with the Egyptian side afforded detailed discussions on the agenda of the second round of dialogue which will only involve Hamas and Fatah. The Hamas official underlined, however, that the proposed agenda does not include an item on halting martyr operations against the Israeli occupation. If Hamas doesn't send out people to explode, it just won't be Hamas, will it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Amazing. Hamas is a "Palestinian Islamic resistance movement"? The words "terrorist organization" would be more accurate. At any rate, at least they're honest enough to admit that they're Islamic. Religion of peace, indeed. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2002-12-25 15:57:43 |