[ 22/06/2011 - 03:04 PM ]
GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas international relations official Osama Hamdan said Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas must either accept the deal to form a unity government with once split Palestinian parties or turn against it.
Abbas recently made bold statements on Lebanese TV asserting that he had the right to choose an interim prime minister that would represent his policies ahead of elections to be held within a year. That statement came ahead of a meeting in Cairo with Hamas chief Khalid Mishaal that was indefinitely postponed because of disagreement on who would serve as prime minister.
Abbas recently made bold statements on Lebanese TV asserting that he had the right to choose an interim prime minister that would represent his policies ahead of elections to be held within a year. That statement came ahead of a meeting in Cairo with Hamas chief Khalid Mishaal that was indefinitely postponed because of disagreement on who would serve as prime minister.
In his statement, Abbas also confirmed plans to continue a political arrest campaign targeting Hamas’s men in the West Bank, although the reconciliation deal stipulated an end to such arrests.“It is clear that the recent language that we heard in PA chief Abbas’s latest interview is outside the context of the reconciliation process, and outside the context of Palestinian unity, and it goes back to the prior situation,” Hamdan said.
“It appears Abbas is in front of two possibilities. - Either he was not able to get out of the crisis he lived in until now,
- or he faces major pressure and has responded to this pressure as usual...and he is not able to stand even for a second with the Palestinians,” Hamdan said.
He said the most likely reason why Abbas insisted on nominating Salam Fayyad as prime minister for the transition government was that Fayyad is desired by the U.S. and Israel.
“This draws a big question mark on Salam Fayyad and his affiliations and the affiliations also of those who insist on nominating Fayyad against the will of a significant part of the Palestinians.
We aren’t talking about Hamas alone, but also Fatah, as everyone knows that more than half of Fatah’s central committee members filed objections to nominating Fayyad,” Hamdan went on to say.
We aren’t talking about Hamas alone, but also Fatah, as everyone knows that more than half of Fatah’s central committee members filed objections to nominating Fayyad,” Hamdan went on to say.
“It is no secret that the postponement of the meeting between Mishaal and Abbas – which was supposed to be on Tuesday – came at the request of Fatah. Now the ball is in the court of those who requested the postponement, because we (in Hamas) have made a clear choice to proceed with the Palestinian reconciliation, despite much abuse that occurred in the process of signing the agreement.”
“I believe the party who disrupted the reconciliation has become clear. I hope they back down before the opportunity is missed; because if the reconciliation fails, the implications will not stop at reconciliation, but will push the Palestinians towards other options.”
Touching on Abbas’s statement that he would continue to persecute those who smuggle arms and launder money into Palestine, Hamdan said: “Apparently, [Abbas] has no background in struggling and has never resisted the occupation a day in his life. He may have always sought to create peace with the enemy...He sees every action of resistance as a crime, whether its transporting weapons to resistance fighters or transferring funds to support the Palestinians, because he doesn’t see any reason for that. He only sees the need to extort the Palestinians out of their living and their steadfastness and resistance. That’s why he reasons that the Palestinian resistance is a crime. I believe that this draws a question mark on whether Abu Mazen (Abbas) is qualified to be in any leadership position for the Palestinians, let alone to be the president of the Palestinian Authority.”
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