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Fatah warns Hamas against reaching truce accord with Israel
The warning came amid unconfirmed reports that Israel and Hamas were close to reaching a long-term truce agreement.
By Khaled Abu Toameh
August 4, 2018 19:40
Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh looks on as he attends the funeral of Palestinian Hamas militants who were killed in Israeli tank fire, at a mosque in Gaza City July 26, 2018. (photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS)
The ruling Palestinian Fatah faction on Saturday warned Hamas against reaching a cease-fire agreement with Israel in return for humanitarian and economic aid to the Gaza Strip and said such a deal would be a “free gift to Israel.”
The warning came amid unconfirmed reports that Israel and Hamas were close to reaching a long-term truce agreement.
Fatah spokesman Osama Qawasmeh warned Hamas against striking such a deal with Israel “at the expense of national unity.”
He said such a deal would be considered a “free gift to Israel and another coup against the Palestinian people and their homeland.” He was referring to Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007.
Qawasmeh said the No. 1 priority should be achieving Palestinian unity on the basis of previous agreements signed between Hamas and Fatah, and not a truce with Israel in return for humanitarian aid.
The Fatah spokesman expressed fear that the US and Israel would take advantage of a deal between Hamas and Israel to separate Gaza from the West Bank and impose US President Donald Trump's yet-to-be-announced plan for peace in the Middle East, which he charged, “is aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.”
Read more: Fatah warns Hamas against reaching truce accord with Israel
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Wonder how long will the 5-year ceasefire last ...... Hard to make peace with someone, who neither wants peace nor believe in peace...
Color me skeptical.
The warning came amid unconfirmed reports that Israel and Hamas were close to reaching a long-term truce agreement.
By Khaled Abu Toameh
August 4, 2018 19:40
Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh looks on as he attends the funeral of Palestinian Hamas militants who were killed in Israeli tank fire, at a mosque in Gaza City July 26, 2018. (photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS)
The ruling Palestinian Fatah faction on Saturday warned Hamas against reaching a cease-fire agreement with Israel in return for humanitarian and economic aid to the Gaza Strip and said such a deal would be a “free gift to Israel.”
The warning came amid unconfirmed reports that Israel and Hamas were close to reaching a long-term truce agreement.
Fatah spokesman Osama Qawasmeh warned Hamas against striking such a deal with Israel “at the expense of national unity.”
He said such a deal would be considered a “free gift to Israel and another coup against the Palestinian people and their homeland.” He was referring to Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007.
Qawasmeh said the No. 1 priority should be achieving Palestinian unity on the basis of previous agreements signed between Hamas and Fatah, and not a truce with Israel in return for humanitarian aid.
The Fatah spokesman expressed fear that the US and Israel would take advantage of a deal between Hamas and Israel to separate Gaza from the West Bank and impose US President Donald Trump's yet-to-be-announced plan for peace in the Middle East, which he charged, “is aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.”
Read more: Fatah warns Hamas against reaching truce accord with Israel
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Wonder how long will the 5-year ceasefire last ...... Hard to make peace with someone, who neither wants peace nor believe in peace...
Color me skeptical.