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Mishaal: Calming down depends on "Israel's" readiness to meet Palestinian conditions
 The Hamas Movement could positively deal with a truce if and when the Zionist entity released all Palestinian prisoners interned in the Zionist jails and halted its aggressions on the Palestinians, said Khaled Mishaal, chairman of the Hamas Movement's political bureau. "Calming down isn't the major issue. It's only a step forward. The basic issue is that we should reach a stage at which we could end the occupation, stop the Israeli aggression, and realize the national project and all legitimate national rights," he added. "Realizing the truce depends on two main factors: The first is the Israeli position and readiness to meet the Palestinian terms. The second is the US administration's ability and/or readiness to pressure the Israeli party to abide by the Palestinian rights," he elaborated.When asked about his attitude to the quartet summit to be held next Tuesday in the Egyptian winter resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, he replied,"We look at such a summit meeting as a positive step. Of course, we still adhere to our permanent stance that the Zionist entity must set free all Palestinian captives and stop all forms of violence against our people. This all what we want, which is an expression of the Palestinian overall stand". Mishaal pointed out that the "Israeli" stance would be examined during that meeting, and affirmed that the Palestinian factions were only concerned with the Zionist entity's commitment to the Palestinian conditions to be put forward at that same summit. "As long as the Palestinian people didn't see a light looming in the horizon heralding that they would get rid of the occupation and regain their lands and looted rights, they would inevitably pursue resoluteness and resistance of the Zionist occupation," he pointed out. Posted by: Fred 2005-02-05 |
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