Tuesday 7 July 2009

Qassem: Kidnappings in West Bank linked to PA agreements with Israel


Qassem: Kidnappings in West Bank linked to PA agreements with Israel

[ 07/07/2009 - 11:18 AM ]

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Professor of political science Abdelsattar Qassem stated Monday that the kidnappings taking place in the West Bank are related to the agreements signed by the PA with Israel especially the Oslo agreements, which stipulated the elimination of the Palestinian resistance.

In a press statement, Qassem said these kidnappings would continue as long as the PA in the West Bank remained dependent on the funds coming from the donor countries which chained it and made it hostage to the Israeli occupation authority and the external interventions.

He expressed belief that the PA security campaigns would go on even if Hamas and Fatah reached a reconciliation agreement during the coming days.

In his reply to a question about Netanyahu’s condition of freezing settlements in exchange for Arab relations with Israel, the academic underlined that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu wants to normalize relations with Arabs publicly instead of the secret relations with some Arab countries.

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