[ 02/03/2011 - 09:43 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas co-founder and politburo member Mahmoud al-Zahar has said his movement has put forth all it could to achieve national reconciliation.
He added that agreements had been reached in many topics during prolonged dialogues, but that the drafting had turned out defective. He said efforts had come to a stop when the West Bank-governing Fatah thought it it could come to peaceful terms with the occupation and thus embarrass Hamas.
Negotiations
Zahar said the recent Fatah outburst of media talks on reconciliation were the result of failed peace talks with Israel and documents Al-Jazeera leaked revealing negotiators were willing to make concessions on key Palestinian rights.
He expressed hope that recent reconciliation trends in Fatah were strategic and not tactical ”to fit to the negotiation climate”.
”We want real facts and practice on the ground that will in the end lead to reconciliation, and not public relations campaigns to embarrass others,” he said.
Elections
Discussing PLO decisions for elections pending September 2011, Zahar asserted Hamas's opposition. He said elections cannot be held without agreements from all parties inside Palestine, including Hamas. He added that the calls were not serious but only media talk.
Popular revolutions
”The revolutions had been anticipated after all components became present,” Zahar said. ”The popular movements were not staged, but were a natural popular revolt from the people's prolonged rage.”
”The people had to correct relations with their governments and leadership. This is a message to everyone, that whoever does not align with national and Islamic issues, their end is inevitable as we have all seen".
River to Sea
Uprooted Palestinian
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