Gaza – Hamas Tells Fatah: Let’s Fight Israel Together

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    (Mahmoud Zahar  Photo AP)Gaza – Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar on Monday called on Fatah to join his movement in the fight against Israel and to stop wasting time and effort with the peace process.

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    Zahar’s call came as Hamas and Fatah representatives stepped up their efforts to end their differences and achieve “national reconciliation.”

    Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told reporters in Ramallah that his top priority now was to end the rivalry with Hamas, and said he saw no reason why the two sides could not reach an agreement on holding presidential and parliamentary elections.

    Speaking at a rally for Hamas supporters in Gaza City, Zahar said, “Our hands are extended to Fatah to join the program of [armed] resistance and the liberation of Palestine.”

    Addressing Fatah, he added, “Come and join the program of resistance and stop wasting your time and effort. Let’s join hands and carry the rifle together.”

    Zahar said that Fatah members who wish to join the “bandwagon of the triumphant, celebrate with us and become our partners are welcome.”

    He claimed that the West was now displaying an understanding of Hamas’s armed resistance strategy.

    “They no longer see our people as terrorists and murderers who have no respect for women and children and who only love blood,” Zahar said. “Westerners came to the Gaza Strip and saw that we are among the most civilized people.”

    Following last week’s UN General Assembly vote in favor of granting the Palestinians the status of non-member observer state, Hamas and Fatah leaders pledged to work hard to end the split between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

    As a goodwill gesture, the Hamas government has allowed 17 Fatah activists who fled the Gaza Strip to Egypt five years ago to return to their homes.

    The activists fled during the fighting that erupted between Fatah and Hamas and resulted in the Islamist movement’s takeover of the Gaza Strip.

    The Hamas-run Interior Ministry said that the decision was aimed at paving the way for the creation of a positive atmosphere for achieving reconciliation and ending divisions between the two rival parties.

    On Monday, only 12 of the Fatah activists returned to the Gaza Strip.

    Nabil Sha’ath, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, expressed optimism regarding the prospects of achieving unity with Hamas. He said that the Palestinian Authority had released a number of Hamas members from its prisons in the West Bank.

    The PA has also decided to reopen Hamas institutions in the West Bank that had been closed for security reasons, Sha’ath said.

    He said that the PA leadership was prepared for “full partnership” with Hamas in any political move in the future, and added that the two sides would meet in Cairo soon to discuss ending their dispute.

    Sha’ath said that Fatah and Hamas leaders have voiced satisfaction over the participation of their followers in joint celebrations and rallies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the past two weeks.

    PLO Executive Committee member Wasel Abu Yusef said that Fatah and Hamas were now waiting for an invitation from Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to hold reconciliation talks in Cairo.

    The Egyptians, he noted, have been exerting heavy pressure on the two parties to end their differences and form a Palestinian unity government.

    Despite the apparent rapprochement between the two parties, Hamas said on Monday that the PA security forces have arrested two of its supporters in the West Bank.

    Several other Hamas supporters have also been summoned for interrogation by the PA security forces in the past few days, the terrorist organization said.

    A Hamas source said that the PA General Intelligence Service arrested Saleh Amer, who comes from the village of Kufr Qalil near Nablus. In Ramallah, PA security officers arrested Amjad Hussein, a resident of the village of Der Qadees.

    Ra’fat Naseef, a senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip, warned the PA leadership against arresting supporters of the terrorist movement. He said that despite the “positive” talk about reconciliation, the PA security forces were continuing to arrest and summon Hamas supporters.

    The PA’s security crackdown is an obstacle on the way to achieving Palestinian unity, Naseef complained.

    Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post


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    flabergasted
    flabergasted
    11 years ago

    Bring it on!!! We could take care of both at the same time, and take back what is ours.

    TexasJew
    TexasJew
    11 years ago

    And we are suppose to sign “peace” agreements with the PA? What a joke. Hopefully they will get together so the rest of the world will see their true colors.

    CommonSense
    CommonSense
    11 years ago

    Thank you very much Bibi
    If he would’ve announced last week that he supports Abbas in his quest for statehood and reward him for his recent non violent stance then Hamas would’ve been isolated.
    Instead he showed the Palestinians that the only time Israel respects them is when they’re violent.

    11 years ago

    Translated: “Let’s write another chapter in hatred and human defiance of successful dignity”

    PashutehYid
    PashutehYid
    11 years ago

    Was a-Zahar the one whose relative was recently treated at an Israeli hospital?

    sane
    sane
    11 years ago

    It’s about time that Zahar had a date with an Apache missile.

    PashutehYid
    PashutehYid
    11 years ago

    BTW, the only people who could possibly think Hamas is civilized are those who suffer from total amnesia. How many organizations blow up a pizza shop filled with families, and then make a museum exhibit showing flying body parts and pizza which is enthusiastically patronized by huge crowds?

    11 years ago

    Peace? what peace…….Bibi wake up…get your armour ready…you’ll only have a short respite until you start the whole thing over again………how shortsighted can you be? How many generations have to pass until someone can think with a clear head? They want peace………………surely…………..a big big piece…probably the whole cake….so…….we didn’t bake it to give it away…we baked it with sweat and blood to enjoy every ounce of it…………!!!!

    PMOinFL
    PMOinFL
    11 years ago

    Let them die together too.

    There are many Palestinian people suffering at the hands of these terrorist leaders. Both Israel and the Palestinian people will be much better off when Israel wipes Hamas and Fatah off the planet.