Saturday 4 June 2011

Qassem: Israel will persist in attempts to foil Palestinian reconciliation

[ 04/06/2011 - 09:22 AM ] 

NABLUS, (PIC)-- Professor of political science in Najah University Abdulsattar Qassem has affirmed that Palestinian national forces would foil the incessant Israeli attempts to abort the national reconciliation agreement.

He charged in a statement on Saturday that Israel was trying to obstruct the reconciliation via its recent wave of arrests in lines of Palestinian leaders, describing the act as the price which the Palestinians have to pay for achieving reconciliation.

Earlier on Thursday, Hamas issued a statement carrying the same meaning, saying that Israel was trying to hamper reconciliation with its recent spate of arrests.

It was commenting on the Israeli detention of a number of Hamas and Fatah activists and leaders over the past few days.

The movement said that the escalation in arrest campaigns of Palestinian leaders reflected Israel’s confusion and hysterical reaction to the reconciliation agreement.

Hamas said that the arrests would not weaken the determination of the Palestinian national leaders and would not deter the Palestinians from continuing to defend their national rights and constants.

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