Yes, well done "Habilas"
Let Abbas and Pharoah take the BLAME for the failure of dialog.
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Hamas Movement stated that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas's denial of the presence of political prisoners in his jails in the West Bank is a clear declaration of his responsibility for the failure of dialog efforts and that he is not concerned with dialog in any way.
In a press release received by the PIC, Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, underlined that Abbas's denial during his meeting with US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice means that he is still adherent to the American dictates and keen on pleasing the US administration at the expense of the national reconciliation and the higher national interests.
Barhoum also said that these positions which are hindering dialog require an Egyptian declaration that Abbas is responsible for the failure of dialog efforts.
Taher Al-Nunu, the spokesman for the Palestinian caretaker government in Gaza, said that Abbas's disclaimer of having political prisoners in his jails and his insistence on implementing the security part of the roadmap plan represent a fatal blow to the Egyptian reconciliation efforts.
"If the PA in the West Bank could not release the political prisoners in its jails today, what would be the fate of dialog on rebuilding and restructuring the security apparatuses on national basis," Nunu rhetorically questioned.
For his part, Dr. Yahya Moussa, a member of the Hamas parliamentary bloc, strongly denounced the statements made by Abbas during his press conference with Rice in which he said that his aim of the national dialog was to achieve a government committed to the PLO program.
Dr. Moussa, in a statement to the PIC, also described Abbas as the spokesman for Israel and the US, adding that he (Abbas) is working according to the "traitorous" agreements which the PLO had signed and in accordance with the Zio-American demands for the recognition of the Israeli state.
The lawmaker opined that Abbas does not represent the Palestinian people anymore because he still does not believe in the inalienable Palestinian rights especially the right to return and Jerusalem, stressing that the Palestinian people has to end this tragedy in order to able to continue their liberation project.
For his part, Ziyad Al-Nakhala, the deputy secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad Movement, affirmed that all the prisoners in PA jails are political detainees and must be released in order to remove an obstacle in the way of holding the national dialog.
Resheq: There is no change in Abbas's positions regarding dialog
Izzat Al-Resheq, a member of the Hamas political bureau, stated that there is no sign of change in Abbas's positions which are in compliance with the Zio-American opposition to reconciliation
[ 08/11/2008 - 05:23 PM ]
DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Egypt decided Saturday to postpone holding the inter-Palestinian dialog after four factions including Hamas officially informed Egypt this morning that they would not attend the dialog sessions unless their remarks on the Egyptian draft were taken into account.
Informed sources told the PIC that Hamas reservations concentrated on two basic principles, one is related to the release of all political prisoners in PA jails and the other about the administrative arrangements for dialog, where the four factions saw a clear Egyptian bias in favor of current PA chief Mahmoud Abbas at the expense of the resistance factions.
The sources said that the four Palestinian factions who sent their message to Egypt were Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the popular front for the liberation of Palestine-general command and Al-Sa'ika organization.
In a televised show broadcast today by Al-Aqsa satellite channel, Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil, the spokesman for the Hamas parliamentary bloc, announced that Hamas would not attend the national dialog in Cairo in light of the ongoing war waged by the PA security apparatuses on Hamas cadres and institutions as well as the Palestinian citizens in the West Bank including women, children and worshipers at mosques.
Dr. Bardawil strongly denounced Abbas for denying the presence of political prisoners in his jails, saying that Abbas lies as he breathes and is not qualified at all to be a president.
Regarding the Egyptian mediator, the spokesman stated that Egypt either adopts Abbas's story or is unable to pressure him.
In an exclusive statement to the PIC, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum on Saturday held Abbas fully responsible for the lives of 600 political detainees in his jails after he denied their existence, and for the failure of dialog efforts because of his refusal to release the political prisoners.
"We networked with Cairo to overcome all the obstacles in order to start a successful dialog, but Abbas did not respond to the demand for releasing detainees and stopping the ongoing liquidation and massacre against Hamas in the West Bank,"
In a press statement received by the PIC, Hamas issued a statement in the West Bank in which it underlined that its boycott of the national dialog was not a maneuver or a lack of seriousness, but it was a serious decision showing that Hamas considers the dialog as means to solve all crises that afflicted the Palestinian people and their cause.
Hamas added that the dialog would be meaningless as Abbas's security apparatuses are waging their most ferocious campaign against Hamas cadres and supporters and at the same time misleading the public opinion by alleging that they hunt thieves and law breakers.
For its part, the Salahuddin Brigades, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees, announced that it would not go for any dialog not attended by both Hamas and Fatah, holding Abbas responsible for the collapse of the national dialog because of his refusal to release the political prisoners in his jails.
Abu Abeer, the spokesman for the Brigades, told Al-Quds Press that Egypt understood Hamas decision not to go for dialog especially after the arrival of US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in the region carrying threats to Abbas against his participation in the dialog.
Abu Abeer also pointed out that the PA security apparatuses are detaining political prisoners from Salahuddin, Islamic Jihad and Hamas.
In an exclusive statement to the PIC, Dr. Ghazi Hussein, a prominent leader of the movement of the popular liberation war-Al-Sa'ika forces, said that his Movement's decision to boycott the dialog was taken after it made sure that its remarks on the Egyptian draft would not be taken into consideration.
Hussein also strongly castigated the PA unconstitutional government in Ramallah, describing its security apparatuses' practices in the West Bank as those used by the IOF troops against the Palestinian resistance.
Al-Sa'ika leader also pointed to his Movement's rejection of the arrangements for the opening session of the national dialog, adding that the attendance of Abbas as a sponsor of the dialog session was unacceptable because he is the head of Fatah and the dialog was between Palestinian factions.
Palestinian local sources told the PIC that Abbas's security apparatuses kidnapped during the last 24 hours 26 Palestinian citizens thought to be affiliated with Hamas in different West Bank areas mostly in Al-Khalil.
Other local sources told the PIC that the PA security apparatuses kidnapped 15 Palestinians in the Beit Ummar town, north of Al-Khalil, including mayor Farhan Alkam, adding the campaign is still ongoing in the town until the moment of writing this news report.
Khalil Abu Shammala, the director of the Dhameer foundation for human rights, confirmed Saturday that human rights organizations in the West Bank have lists of all political prisoners in PA jails, denying Abbas's allegations that there are no prisoners in his jails.
Abu Shammala underscored that the human rights organizations in the West Bank do not follow up the violations against human rights committed by PA security apparatuses, pointing out that the security apparatuses in Gaza respond positively with the human rights organizations and ease their missions.
Update: By Lucia
Fatah official: Egypt in intensive contact with Palestinians to resume dialogue
Hamdan: We did not ask for postponement of the dialog Osama Hamdan, the Hamas representative in Lebanon, has pointed out that his Movement did not ask for postponement of the national dialog but opted not to attend it.
Comments
Lucia said
I'd expect the PFLP to be up to the circumstances but, regretfully, it has failed the people again. This time they have been a tiny little bit more principled, since they'd decided to attend as an independent party (as it must be) and refused to pitch the PLO against Hamas as Abbas-Fatah wanted.But, this was not enough.The PFLP has to engage in some soul searching and check out what they really -and I mean really- stand for.
Uprooted Palestinian Said
I agree, thanks to Syria for making PFLP "a little bit more principled", The four oraganizations who decided to boycott Cairo meeting are based in Syria. I am sure the boycott is co-ordinated with Syria. Still the PP anal-ysist shall hunt any thing to mock Syria and Hamas.
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I like "Land and People" blog and visit it frequently. I enjoyed this didactic conversation
"The other taxi driver I talked to -on my way to the airport this time- gave me a reasonably good economic analysis of loans and debts and told me that all the cars you see in the streets (and there are hundreds of thousands of them) were bought on credit. The banks encourage credit, he said because they cannot lose: the police, which works against the people and for the rich, will make sure that either people pay or the cars are taken back and sold again. Anyway the state would bale the banks out. He was in his mid-30s and wore Ray Bans. He had to make fake papers to show that he is a company employee to get a loan to buy his car, which he uses as an unlicensed taxi. He said that he lives reasonably well, and eats everyday while many people he knows are only able to afford one meal a day. He has 3 daughters and the fourth is on the way. And it is God’s will that he does not have boys, and it is God’s will that the rich are sucking the country dry, and it is God’s will that the rich can get good health care and education and that he cannot. And he fears God and does his duties as a good citizen because then God will protect his daughters.
I told him this was a really odd God who keeps him on his toes all the time when He appears to be really lenient with those who steal and rob and exploit people’s misery. He told me I was right, but that it does no do any one any good to think this way, because the rich are powerful and violent and they can break him and thousands like him, and that he is the only earner in his family, and should he disappear like many others, then who will protect his daughters? So, I said, you fear the State and the Rich and do your duties to them so that your daughters are protected. And you fear God and do your duties to him so He protects your daughters. He said yes. So I said: following this logic, the State and the Rich must be God.
Then my phone rang and I had to answer and I think he was pleased that the conversation ended there."
UP and Fatima, check this out, you'll understand it better than me, though I can guess what it is about, despite the poor translation I get from the online tool.
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