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"The Land of Palestine ... is purely owned by the Palestinians," senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said in a speech. "No person, group, government or generation has the right to give up one inch of it."
Diezelfde Mahmoud Zahar wordt in een artikel in NRC geciteerd, naast andere Hamas leden, over waarom zij tegen de vredesconferentie in Annapolis zijn:
Volgens Mahmoud al-Zahar (sic), parlementslid van Hamas en bekend als een ijzervreter, heeft Abbas geen geloofwaardigheid meer: "Hij denkt dat er iets uit Annapolis te persen valt, maar hij is als een visser op zee zonder motor, zeil of roer. Wat staat er op zijn agenda? De vrijlating van 450 gevangenen? Hij verkwanselt onze nationale belangen. Annapolis zal alleen de greep van Israël op Arabische grond versterken."
In dit tweede citaat heeft Zahar duidelijk zijn best gedaan om een Europees publiek aan te spreken en zijn kritiek op Annapolis en Abbas goed te 'spinnen', zoals dat tegenwoordig heet. In het eerste citaat is hij een stuk eerlijker, en maakt duidelijk waar het om gaat. Want als Israël bereid zou zijn alle gevangenen vrij te laten en de Westoever te verlaten, is Hamas niet tevreden en zou het geen vrede met Israël sluiten. Hamas haaft consekwent alle vredesonderhandelingen gedwarsboomd en zich uitgesproken tegen elke vorm van normalisering. Maar ook dat kan Hamas mooi spinnen. Uit hetzelfde artikel in de NRC:
"We hebben al eerder een hudna, een langdurig bestand, aangeboden" zegt Yusef [politiek adviseur van Haniyeh]. "De twee landen zouden in vrede naast elkaar kunnen bestaan zonder elkaar formeel te erkennen. Maar Israël heeft ons aanbod altijd afgewezen".
"We hebben al eerder een hudna, een langdurig bestand, aangeboden" zegt Yusef [politiek adviseur van Haniyeh]. "De twee landen zouden in vrede naast elkaar kunnen bestaan zonder elkaar formeel te erkennen. Maar Israël heeft ons aanbod altijd afgewezen".
Logisch, want als een hudna echt hetzelfde is als vrede, waarom dan geen vrede sluiten, zoals landen normaliter doen? Een staakt-het-vuren is een tijdelijke maatregel, een middel gericht op het komen tot een duurzame vrede, niet een doel op zichzelf. Een hudna is een perfecte periode voor Hamas om zich ongestoord voor te bereiden op een nieuwe ronde tegen Israël, op een door haarzelf uit te kiezen moment. Hamas weet natuurlijk dondersgoed dat dit voor Israël onaanvaardbaar is, dat het nooit de bezetting op zal geven zonder duidelijke veiligheidsgaranties, maar men blijft dit voorstellen om zo goodwill in het buitenland te kweken. Het zou mooi zijn als NRC naast de mooie verhalen die men Europese journalisten vertelt ook laat zien wat men in het Arabisch tegen de eigen bevolking zegt.
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Last update - 17:06 26/11/2007
Hamas: Abbas has no right to give up one inch of Palestine
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/928215.html
By News Agencies
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Last update - 17:06 26/11/2007
Hamas: Abbas has no right to give up one inch of Palestine
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/928215.html
By News Agencies
Hours before the start of a U.S.-hosted Middle East peace conference, Gaza's Hamas rulers stepped up their attacks on Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, calling him a traitor and saying they would reject any decisions that come out of the international gathering.
"The Land of Palestine ... is purely owned by the Palestinians," senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said in a speech. "No person, group, government or generation has the right to give up one inch of it."
"Anyone who stands in the face of resistance or fights it or cooperates with the occupation against it is a traitor," he added. He spoke at a conference attended by some 2,000 activists from local militant groups opposed to the U.S. conference.
Hamas and other militant groups have been holding a series of protests this week against the U.S. peace conference, underscoring the challenges Abbas faces at home as he tries to make peace with Israel.
Hamas violently seized control of Gaza from Abbas' forces in June, leaving him in charge of a pro-Western government based in the West Bank. Abbas' lack of control over Gaza has raised questions about his ability to carry out any future peace deal.
While moving to bolster Abbas, Israel has stepped up pressure on Hamas since the Gaza takeover, carrying out numerous airstrikes and ground incursions to halt Palestinian militant attacks.
Hamas' criticism of Abbas has grown increasingly heated - and personal - ahead of the Mideast conference. Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of Gaza's Hamas government, was among a series of Hamas leaders to sign a document Monday stating that Abbas has no right to make concessions in peace talks.
"The people believe that this conference is fruitless and that any recommendations or commitments made in the conference that harm our rights will not be binding for our people," Haniyeh said. "It will be binding only for those who sign it."
In Gaza City, some 2,000 activists from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller groups also opposed to Israel's existence participated in the anti-U.S. conference Monday.
"We believe that with patience, we will change the rules of the game," said Mohammed al-Hindi, an Islamic Jihad leader. "Our jihad and sacrifice will bring us the great victory we are looking for."
Al-Hindi added that the peace talks will promote "a false illusion of a Palestinian state" and that "such a state would be divided and surrounded by Israel and its task would be striking the resistance and protecting Israel."
"This conference is to announce the rise of the Palestinian people, who will not beg for their rights" from Bush, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, al-Hindi declared.
The U.S. summit was getting under way Monday in Washington, with U.S. President George W. Bush inviting the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to separate meetings at the White House before an opening dinner later in the day. The centerpiece of the gathering will be an all-day session Tuesday in Annapolis, Maryland, to be attended by representatives of 16 Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Syria.
"The Land of Palestine ... is purely owned by the Palestinians," senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said in a speech. "No person, group, government or generation has the right to give up one inch of it."
"Anyone who stands in the face of resistance or fights it or cooperates with the occupation against it is a traitor," he added. He spoke at a conference attended by some 2,000 activists from local militant groups opposed to the U.S. conference.
Hamas and other militant groups have been holding a series of protests this week against the U.S. peace conference, underscoring the challenges Abbas faces at home as he tries to make peace with Israel.
Hamas violently seized control of Gaza from Abbas' forces in June, leaving him in charge of a pro-Western government based in the West Bank. Abbas' lack of control over Gaza has raised questions about his ability to carry out any future peace deal.
While moving to bolster Abbas, Israel has stepped up pressure on Hamas since the Gaza takeover, carrying out numerous airstrikes and ground incursions to halt Palestinian militant attacks.
Hamas' criticism of Abbas has grown increasingly heated - and personal - ahead of the Mideast conference. Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of Gaza's Hamas government, was among a series of Hamas leaders to sign a document Monday stating that Abbas has no right to make concessions in peace talks.
"The people believe that this conference is fruitless and that any recommendations or commitments made in the conference that harm our rights will not be binding for our people," Haniyeh said. "It will be binding only for those who sign it."
In Gaza City, some 2,000 activists from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller groups also opposed to Israel's existence participated in the anti-U.S. conference Monday.
"We believe that with patience, we will change the rules of the game," said Mohammed al-Hindi, an Islamic Jihad leader. "Our jihad and sacrifice will bring us the great victory we are looking for."
Al-Hindi added that the peace talks will promote "a false illusion of a Palestinian state" and that "such a state would be divided and surrounded by Israel and its task would be striking the resistance and protecting Israel."
"This conference is to announce the rise of the Palestinian people, who will not beg for their rights" from Bush, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, al-Hindi declared.
The U.S. summit was getting under way Monday in Washington, with U.S. President George W. Bush inviting the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to separate meetings at the White House before an opening dinner later in the day. The centerpiece of the gathering will be an all-day session Tuesday in Annapolis, Maryland, to be attended by representatives of 16 Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Syria.
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