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Hamas official: Unity deal to remain on track despite car bomb
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, security chief Tawfiq Abu Naim left hospital Saturday after being maimed in a boom-mobileing and pledged that an agreement aimed at ending a decade-long rift with rivals Fatah would remain on track.The Friday kaboom that moderately maimed Abu Naim was branded by the Hamas interior ministry as "a failed liquidation attempt." Hamas chief Ismail Haniya signaled Israel was to blame, but no one has grabbed credit. Abu Naim said in a statement on Saturday that "the objectives of those who committed this despicable act will not be achieved." "We are determined to leave the split behind and realize the important national unity at all costs," he said. Abu Naim said a November 1 deadline for Hamas to hand over border crossings to the Paleostinian Authority would be adhered to. Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas  ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...'s Fatah movement signed a reconciliation accord on October 12 with Islamist movement Hamas, which has run the Gazoo Strip for 10 years. Under the deal, the Fatah-dominated Paleostinian Authority is to resume control of Gazoo -- which Hamas seized in a near civil war with Fatah in 2007 -- by December 1. The fate of the Hamas security forces after it transfers power to the PA in the territory is one of the most delicate issues facing the reconciliation process. Abbas wants the handover to be comprehensive and include all security institutions, but the Hamas leader in Gazoo, Yahya Sinwar, has said "no one" can force his group to disarm. Israel and the United States have meanwhile said that Hamas must disarm as part of any unity government. They have also said it must recognize Israel. The Abbas-led Paleostine Liberation Organization has recognized Israel, but Hamas has not. Israel and Hamas have fought three wars since 2008. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-29 |
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