Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Islamic Jihad supporters have rallied in the Gazoo Strip to mark Al Quds day and to condemn the direct talks launched in Washington between Israel and the Paleostinian Authority.Friday's rally comes a day after armed groups said that they had joined forces to step up attacks against Israel, possibly including suicide kabooms.
Al Quds day is an annual event on the last Friday of Ramadan, expressing solidarity with the Paleostinian people and opposing Zionism.
"The negotiations that the Paleostinian people have tried for over two decades are pointless negotiations, the Paleostinian people never gained anything from them except the loss of their cause and their rights," Ismail Rudwan, a Hamas official, told a large cheering crowd.
"Therefore, we consider that participating in these negotiations is a crime and treason."
Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, and the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas, the Paleostinian president, held talks sponsored by the US administration in Washington on Thursday.