GAZA, (PIC)-- Palestinian factions have condemned the PA plans to enter into direct negotiations with the Israeli occupation at a time when Zionist aggressions, such as land and home confiscation in Jerusalem as well as the building of settlement, are on the increase.
Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip, said in a statement to PIC that returning to direct negotiations with the enemy is a slippery slope that the PA has fallen into and that for the PA to continue to compromise Palestinian rights threatens Palestinian rights and Palestinian unity.
Barhoum also stated that the results of negotiations so far were disastrous and a stab in the side of the Palestinian cause, adding that on top of this fact Abbas sought approval from the Arab League for direct negotiations and for the AL granted him this approval at a time when the occupation's Judaization attempts are at a peak.
For his part, Daud Shehab, the Islamic Jihad spokesman, condemned the PA's intention of direct negotiations saying that it was odd that the PA intends to move into direct negotiations while it admits that indirect negotiations were not successful.
He warned that to continue with negotiations means the Judaization of Jerusalem, the loss of Palestinian inalienable rights stressing that who ever supports the negotiations option is helping to reinforce occupation.
Regarding the Arab League committee which gave Abbas the go ahead, Shehab said no one has given this committee the authority and that the Palestinian people have not authorised anyone to negotiate their rights away.
Dr. Zulfaqar Swerjo, member of the central council of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said that negotiations could not take place while settlement activities are taking place and Jerusalem is being emptied of its Palestinian population.
He warned against believing any US "assurances" expressing conviction that believing such assurances would be the prelude for another Palestinian catastrophe.
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