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The reports came in the British Sunday Times and, in response, the movement's spokesman at the Palestinian Legislative Council Dr. Salah Al-Bardaweel told KUNA today these reports are the work of the Israeli intelligence and, as such, should not be trusted the least.
Al-Bardaweel said "such misleading reports aim at severing Palestinian national solidarity at such critical times." He went on saying "the 'nonsense' reports are an attempt to discredit the results of the legislative elections." The Hamas figure stressed "Assassinations are not our style" and that "the reports confirm the desperation of Israeli intelligence and Israel's dissatisfaction with the Palestinian people's democratic choice, whether that of President or members of government and the legislative council." "This is clearly an attempt to strike discord that would further Israel's interests and the US projects for the region," the figure remarked.
On Palestinian internal differences, the figure said "these could only be solved through dialogue among all parties involved and in a manner that preserves national unity." The Sunday Times today reported that "A Hamas plot to assassinate Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has been thwarted after he was tipped off by Israeli intelligence." The paper added that "Hamas's military wing, the Izz Eddin Al-Qassem, had planned to kill Abbas at his office in Gaza," quoting Israeli intelligence sources.