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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Hamas refuses any proposal dissolving its armed wing

Dissolving the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) would be easier than breaking up the armed wing of Islamic Hamas movement, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

"Dismantling al-Qassam brigades or any other wing of the Palestinian resistance is an unattainable dream," said Abu Obaida, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing.

"What we can say is that dismantling the authority (PNA) is worthier and easier than doing this with al-Qassam," he added in a statement sent to the media.

According to Abu Obaida, freezing the armed wings of the Palestinian factions was suggested in the latest Egyptian proposal which aims at reconciling Hamas and Fatah movement.

"Any document, paper or agreement that harms the resistance or tries to exclude it would be incomplete and impossible to meet the reality," he added.

Abu Obaida said his movement "needs a full clarification" from Egypt over that point.

Hamas, which routed pro-Abbas forces and seized control of Gaza in 2007, has not yet responded to Egypt which had initially set October 25 as the date for declaring the Palestinian unity agreement.

Egypt has reportedly got fed up with Hamas' continued delaying while Fatah has accepted the Egyptian proposal which calls for holding presidential and parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories in the middle of next year.

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