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| Official says Hamas wont sign unity deal |
| 2009-11-20 |
| [Ma'an] Hamas will not sign a proposed unity agreement with its Fatah rivals, a member of its politburo said on Thursday. "The reconciliation proposal does not include any program or political strategy that would guarantee national unity," Hamas leader Mohammad Nasser announced. In a statement, he added that "the reconciliation was suspended because of Egypt's insistence on Hamas signing despite our reservations ... It was tailored for settlements, Quartet conditions, and the so-called Oslo group." "The Egyptians submitted a proposal different than the one we agreed to," he said, pointing to several words and terms that had been switched around. "For instance, 'rebuilding the security apparatus in the West Bank and Gaza;' in the new proposal, we discovered the word 'building' replaced the prior reference, changing the meaning." Nevertheless, he said, "Hamas insists on overcoming the internal division that serves no one but the enemies of Palestine." |
| Posted by:Fred |