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| Middle East |
| Hamas Official Rejects Provision of Bush Middle East Plan |
| 2002-06-20 |
| A top official of Hamas has rejected the idea of an interim Palestinian state. Ossama Abou Hemdan, the top Hamas official in Lebanon, said the only way suicide attacks will end is if Israel completely withdraws from Palestinian territories. Hemdan said Tuesday's suicide attack in Jerusalem was only the latest battle in a long war. Israel must negotiate the return of Palestinian refugees to Israel proper. Those issues and others are expected to be addressed in a Middle East peace plan being drawn up by the White House. But Mr. Hemdan doubts the plan, if it does call for a provisional Palestinian state, will accomplish anything. He said "without full statehood, the fight will continue." "There ain't no way, no how, that we're gonna stop bombing and killing, cuz there ain't nothin' else we're qualified to do." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |