A Hamas spokesman in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, says the Palestinian radical Islamic movement is not ready to disarm under a US-backed roadmap for peace with Israel. "Hamas will not give up arms. As long as the Israeli occupation continues, the resistance against it will continue," he told reporters in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh in south Lebanon.
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"We agreed to halt attacks to avoid an inter-Palestinian crisis, but so far the road map has not given Palestinians their minimum rights, especially on the issue of Palestinian prisoners."
| "Widdout guns, we ain't nuttin'! Nuttin', y'unnerstan'?" |
Hamas and the other main militant groups in the Palestinian camp agreed on June 29 to a three-month freeze on anti-Israeli attacks, but laid down a raft of conditions, including the release of all Palestinian prisoners. |