Hamas condemns PA-Israel talks

Sun Nov 28, 2010

Hamas has condemned any direct negotiations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel, saying the talks will not bring Palestinians peace but humiliation.

In a press conference in the Syrian capital on Saturday, Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal said the US-sponsored talks would lead to a sell-off of Palestinian rights, Reuters reported.

Meshaal pointed to the huge challenges the resistance is facing, especially in the West Bank, which is controlled by the rival Fatah party, and described the resistance to Israeli occupation as the only way to keep the Palestinian cause alive.

"Our inalienable rights are threatened with extinction if the scene in the West Bank does not change by launching the resistance against the Israeli occupation and the settlements," he told reporters in Damascus.

He also insisted that the Palestinian people would never relinquish their legitimate right to their land.

"The Palestinian people will not be bribed. They will not be cowed by Dayton's forces," he said, in a reference to PA forces trained by US Lieutenant General Keith Dayton.

"We are not talking about a business deal or making a profit. Our only capital is the land, identity and dignity," Meshaal stated.

"When there is such an imbalance of power, negotiations become a process of daily humiliation," he noted.

Hamas says all the territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War must be returned and all Palestinian refugees must be granted the right to return to their homeland.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/152927.html.