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Hamas does not
approve of the U.S.-drafted roadmap peace plan, says Meshal
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Abd
El-Raheem Ali, IOL Correspondent
CAIRO, November 9 (IslamOnline) – Arranging for the Palestinian home tops
the agenda of the Cairo-hosted dialogue between Hamas and Fatah,
Khaled Meshal, a leading Hamas figure, told IslamOnline Saturday,
November 9.
Only
Cairo
can sponsor such a dialogue, due to kick off later Saturday, he
asserted.
"The
Cairo
dialogue this time is not to end the Palestinian Intifada or armed
operations, but to discuss the conditions of the Palestinians,
especially with the gap between powers and different trends
widening," Meshal stressed.
"Previous
dialogues between Hams and Fatah always spotlighted areas of
understandings to be agreed on and abided by, although each side
remained committed to its own convictions," he added.
He
asserted that the only way for uniting the Palestinian factions would
be through outlining one clear-shaped program, defining the objective,
which is getting rid of the Israeli occupation, and the means, which
is resistance.
"The
enemy will not give any thing unless coming under pressure, Meshal
underlined.
On
the failure of the resistance in terminating the Israeli occupation so
far, he asserted that "had it not been for the pressures of the
resistance in
Lebanon
, the (Israeli) occupation would not have gone out; had it not been
for the 1973 October War there would not have been (Israeli)
withdrawal from Sinai."
"Even
Oslo
was the outcome of pressures of the first 1087 Intifada and (U.S.
President George) Bush's recognition of the necessity of setting up a
Palestinian state was also the outcome of the second Intifada,"
said the Hamas leader.
Resistance
is not only confined to the military aspect, he said, underlining the
importance of diplomatic, media, security and economic efforts in the
battle, provided that these efforts are activated with will and
determination and not weakness.
On
the timing of martyrdom operations and its impact on the negotiation
process, Meshal made it clear that no politician can control the
timing of such operations.
"We
do not have an army to give orders to cease fire, we resist very
difficult conditions with groups, demanding protection of their own
security to secure infiltrations and be able to hit the enemy,"
he added.
"It
hinges on the mujahedein and their circumstances, because they
try to reach enemy targets via security checkpoints, chase squads,
moles and inspections," Meshal elaborated.
"In
several cases there were no operations and American and European
officials came (to the region) but efforts failed because of the
Israeli stubbornness," recalled the Hamas leader.
On
the U.S.-drafted roadmap peace plan, Meshal stressed that Hamas
does not approve of the proposed plan, adding that the Palestinian
Authority also has reservations on it.
Hamas
has reservations on the content of the plan, which does not meet the
aspirations of the Palestinian people on getting rid of occupation and
lacks practical mechanisms to force
Israel
into honoring its commitments, he asserted. 
