Daarom is verzoening tussen Hamas en Fatah zo desastreus voor vrede tussen Israel en de Palestijnen, en dus ook voor de Palestijnse belangen en het vooruitzicht op een eigen staat.
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Zahhar: The national dialogue must reflex tangible change
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Zahhar: The national dialogue must reflex tangible change
20 September 2008
Website of Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades - the armed branch of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahhar, a prominent Hamas leader, said that the movement will participate in the dialogue between the Palestinian national forces to achieve tangible changes on the ground.
He confirmed that a Hamas delegation will travel to Cairo on 7th October to meet with Egyptian officials and make the position of the movement clear about the proposed inter-Palestinian dialogue.
He added that the Egyptian official invitation included three questions to the Hamas movement mainly to know whether the movement is interested in the proposed dialogue or not.
He also said that the Hamas delegation members have not been chosen yet, but they will include people from the Gaza Strip and exile.
Asked about how optimistic he was with regard to the dialogue, he said that we have to distinguish between the dialogue and the aims behind it; "we can certainly sit together and discuss issues Abbas-Olmert style, thus we would have a successful dialogue that lead us nowhere. If, however, we want a dialogue that would result in true reconciliation, then I doubt we would succeed simply because the other party [Abbas and his group] are still tied to the Zio-American project."
He stressed that the PA leadership in Ramallah are still talking about an agreement with the Israeli occupation by the end of the year, thus they are not serious about dialogue to achieve real reconciliation but rather they want to use dialogue to buy time.
Asked whether practical steps need to be taken to facilitate reconciliation, Zahhar said: "certainly there should be practical steps to start reconciliation talks, but not here in the Gaza Strip but in Ramallah as they need to release all [political] prisoners, stop security coordination with the occupation and return the stolen property to the charitable institutions, trade unions and businesses."
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Website: www.imra.org.il
He confirmed that a Hamas delegation will travel to Cairo on 7th October to meet with Egyptian officials and make the position of the movement clear about the proposed inter-Palestinian dialogue.
He added that the Egyptian official invitation included three questions to the Hamas movement mainly to know whether the movement is interested in the proposed dialogue or not.
He also said that the Hamas delegation members have not been chosen yet, but they will include people from the Gaza Strip and exile.
Asked about how optimistic he was with regard to the dialogue, he said that we have to distinguish between the dialogue and the aims behind it; "we can certainly sit together and discuss issues Abbas-Olmert style, thus we would have a successful dialogue that lead us nowhere. If, however, we want a dialogue that would result in true reconciliation, then I doubt we would succeed simply because the other party [Abbas and his group] are still tied to the Zio-American project."
He stressed that the PA leadership in Ramallah are still talking about an agreement with the Israeli occupation by the end of the year, thus they are not serious about dialogue to achieve real reconciliation but rather they want to use dialogue to buy time.
Asked whether practical steps need to be taken to facilitate reconciliation, Zahhar said: "certainly there should be practical steps to start reconciliation talks, but not here in the Gaza Strip but in Ramallah as they need to release all [political] prisoners, stop security coordination with the occupation and return the stolen property to the charitable institutions, trade unions and businesses."
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IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis
Website: www.imra.org.il
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