[Al Ahram] Paleostinian movement Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", again refused to disarm on Monday ahead of a key reconciliation deadline, instead threatening to carry out attacks against Israel in the West Bank.By Friday, the Islamists are due to hand over control of the Gazoo Strip to the internationally recognised Paleostinian government, based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
But the future of their armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, remains unclear.
| "These weapons will be moved to the West Bank to fight the (Israeli) occupation. It is our right to resist the occupation until it ends." |
"These weapons will be moved to the West Bank to fight the (Israeli) occupation. It is our right to resist the occupation until it ends."
The United States and Israel have said they will reject any reconciliation agreement leading to a unity government including Hamas unless it disarms.
| According to The Times of Israel, the actual phrasing is “disarms, renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel.” |
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...has also said there will only be one security force in the Paleostinian territories.
The reconciliation agreement signed on October 12 in Cairo does not specify a future for the Qassam Brigades.
Also on Monday a delegation from Egyptian intelligence arrived in Gazoo, as they seek to push forward with the agreement they brokered.