[ 13/09/2011 - 06:54 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas said in a press release on Tuesday that the “notorious” Oslo agreement posed as the most serious accords ever against the Palestine cause and the Palestinian people’s rights.
The statement, on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the signing of the agreement, said that it was a big step backward to the Palestinian question and a serious deviation in the political path of the Palestine cause.
Hamas said that the agreement bred the Ramallah authority that turned into a police watchdog with the main mission of protecting Israeli interests, preserving its legitimacy, and covering its crimes.
The movement called for an end to this agreement and a start to a new stage of national unity under a wise, strong, and united leadership.
For its part, the Palestinian Ahrar movement described the Oslo agreement as a “big sin” that was committed by the Palestine Liberation Organization, adding that the Palestinian people were still paying the price of this sin.
History will not forgive this sin, Ahrar said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that resistance is the only alternative to restore usurped rights
PLO Official Voices Criticism of UN Membership Plan 
PLO central council member Nabil Amr said Tuesday that the Palestinian request for full UN membership is not a "bid" but rather a diplomatic activity.
The former ambassador to Egypt expressed reservations over the plan to seek state membership of the United Nations at the annual General Assembly meeting in New York, which opens on Monday.
Speaking at a seminar in Hebron, Amr said vows by the US President Barack Obama and the Middle East Quartet to establish a Palestinian state were nothing more than promises.
The Palestinian leadership magnified these promises into a bid that must be delivered, he said. But states are not established on the basis of legal arguments and statements alone, he added.
The US will use its veto in a vote at the Security Council and Europe will express reservations, but regardless of the outcome of the vote there will be no changes on the ground, Amr said.
The international community agreed that the Palestinian people had the right to their own state 25 years ago, he added.
Asked about the next phase for Palestinians, he said the PLO should give itself a period of one year to write letters to stakeholders in the political process calling on them to commit to previous agreements, end settlement activity and confront Israeli violations.
Meanwhile an internal review should be conducted and Hamas must be given an opportunity "to participate seriously" in the process, Amr said.
All decisions must be taken unanimously by all factions, he added.
Regarding the PLO, Amr said members of the PLO executive committee "knew nothing" about what the Palestinian leadership was doing and had "no real, effective role."
He suggested that some committee members should enter the Guinness Book of World Records for staying in their posts for 40 years.
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