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Hamas rules out joining latest Palestinian government
JPost Reg ReqâdPalestinian PM designate Ahmed Qurei was in Gaza Sunday, urging Palestinian terrorist organizations to join his government. does anyone else see something wrong with this idea? Hamas members stayed away from a meeting between Qurei and 13 opposition groups, though Islamic Jihad and radical PLO groups PFLP and DFLP did attend the meeting, a Fatah source said. Hamas issued a statement saying it would not join Qureiâs government. "The Hamas movement has not participated in any previous governments and will not take part in the forthcoming new government," Hamas said in a statement faxed to Reuters in Beirut. The statement went on saying that Hamas would not participate in any government "whose program is based on the Oslo accords that squander the rights of the Palestinian people". wouldnât want to dilute the pure evil/corruption present in an Arafat govât, Bwahahahaha! Although Islamic Jihad attended the meeting, it also ruled out participating in a government that will pursue, even in name only, the US road map. Qurei, one of the architects of the Oslo accord, told Fatah leaders last week that he was a man of negotiations not armed struggle, and would only serve as PM in a government that will pursue the diplomatic process. Itâs the same program as that of the previous government: the political and diplomatic process, internal reforms, establishing a hudna between Israel and the PA and reach an agreement on a hudna with the opposition, establishing law and order, ending the construction of the security fence and ending violence from both sides, Abu Amr said. Posted by: Frank G 2003-09-21 |
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