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| Islamic Jihad leader warns against Fayyads unilateral state proposal |
| 2009-09-10 |
| Ma'an - Senior Islamic Jihad leader Muhammad Al-Hindi warned Palestinians against the suggestion of Palestinian caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad that a Palestinian state be declared in two years. "What is being talked about is not a state," Al-Hindi warned during a meeting with journalists in Gaza on Tuesday, stressing the plan's lack of information over refugees. There is also "nothing on Jerusalem" or the issue of settlements in the West Bank. "The project of the state is a huge deception," he said. The Islamic Jihad leader warned Palestinians that they must not be dragged into "elusive misleading solutions," noting unity was essential to confront plans against them. He blamed Palestinian division and Arab weakness for what he called the "many illusions" in the "misleading" issues of the Palestinian situation. Al-Hindi recommended "a national reference [body] should be built so sides can agree to common principals" adding that "any talk about elections without an agreement is meaningless." Because it was the previous elections which caused the division, Al-Hindi noted that new elections without firm agreements holding them in place "will create divisions." He then added, "the alternative to any agreement is the agreement itself." |
| Posted by:Fred |