13/03/2010 Hamas and Palestinian resistance factions organized rallies in Gaza to support the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy sites believed to be under Israeli threat, a representative said on Friday.
Speaking in front of the PLC building, Islamic Jihad leader Muhammad Al-Hindi called on the Arab world "not to give a cover to those who want to give up Palestine," and withdraw their support for US-sponsored "proximity talks."
The Palestinian officials who participated in negotiations in past years must be exposed, Al-Hindi said demanding a declaration of the failure of the peace process.
Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya addressed the crowd after Al-Hindi, saying "It’s time for the Arab and Islamic nations to rise up to protect Al-Aqsa and the holy sites."
Addressing comments to his rival Fatah party, Al-Hayya said, "It’s time to launch the resistance in the West Bank, let us unite on the bases of resistance," and called on Palestinians across the country to rise up in defense of Al-Aqsa.
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GAZA, (PIC)-- The Movement of Hamas said that the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah’s intention to resume peace talks with the Israeli occupation is a national crime and confers legitimacy to settlement expansion and Judaization activities.
In a press statement to the Palestinian information center (PIC) on Friday, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri stated that in light of the Israeli escalation against the Islamic holy sites, any engagement in peace talks with the occupation would raise questions about the role of the PA and Fatah faction at this stage.
Spokesman Abu Zuhri pointed out that Mahmoud Abbas’s remarks about his intention not to participate in negotiation with Israel in light of the settlement expansion have no credibility because Abbas’s actions are always the opposite of what he states.
He also said that if the Israeli premier’s remarks were true about starting the peace negotiations with the Palestinians next week, it would be a dangerous indication of the involvement of Abbas’s authority in the Israeli schemes against the Palestinian people and their holy sites.
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed on Friday that the indirect talks with the PA would be launched as scheduled earlier next week despite the crisis with the US administration about the construction of new housing units in occupied Jerusalem.
For its part, the Ha'aretz newspaper said that the US administration gave Israel a green light to expand its settlements in Jerusalem, pointing out that vice president Joe Biden was only angry with the timing of announcing the establishment of new settlement units.
The newspaper added that Israel was supposed to respect the presence of Biden in the region and declare the construction of new housing units after the US officials leave or before they come.
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