The Zionist central court has extended the detention of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, the Hamas Movement spokesman in the West Bank, until 9/6/2003 at the pretext of providing more evidence against him. The Sheikh emphasized that his acts were a duty against the occupation authority and added, âI am not guiltyâ. Meanwhile, the Hamas official asked the new Palestinian Authority government to cater for internal Palestinian unity as the topmost priority and not to bow to American and Zionist pressures that demand prosecution of Palestinian Mujahideen. He affirmed the importance of organizing a comprehensive dialogue between the PA and all Palestinian forcers. Sheikh Hassan warned that threats against the Hamas Movement would not bear fruit, pointing to Hamasâ Palestinian and Islamic popularity.
| 'Nother words, lift one finger to rein in Hamas, and there will be Paleocivil war. Yasser realizes that. I think Abbas realizes it, too, but he also realizes that if the Paleos don't rein in Hamas, they're never going to get their Paleostate. Hamas realizes it, too, but they're betting that they're going to wear down Israel and the Americans and get the state without giving anything in return. And they could be right. |
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