The dismantling of the infrastructure of Palestinian resistance movements, chief among which Hamas, will be the core of the meeting between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon on Saturday, May 17, well-informed Palestinian sources told IslamOnline.net. The sources said the main reason behind the resignation of Palestinian minister of negotiations Saeb Erekat was âAbbasâ determination to break the infrastructure of resistance movements in return for Sharonâs preliminary acceptance of the roadmap.â The sources said Abbas tackled âthe bargainâ in a behind-the-scene meeting held few days ago and was attended by few Palestinian ministers, including Erekat. They stressed that Erekat tendered his resignation after failing to convince Abbas to backtrack on his decision. The sources added that Erekat asked that the agenda of the envisaged meeting not be limited to security issues, but extend to cover concrete steps needed to implement the roadmap and resume negotiations. Abbas, they said, spoke of the need to make some concessions on the Palestinian refugeesâ right of return, which irritated Erekat, who walked out of the closed-door meeting and resigned.
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