Azzam al-Ahmed, spokesman of the Fatah movement in the Palestinian
Legislative Council (PLC), on Monday accused the Islamic Resistance Movement
(Hamas) of contacting the United States and Israel.
Al-Ahmed made the accusation in Ramallah after meeting with
European consuls to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), saying that Hamas
is waiting for U.S. and Israeli position on forming the next Palestinian
government.
He added that Israel would be comfortable with a new Hamas-led Palestinian
government sharing a common goal with the Israeli government, which he said is
not to revive the peace process or hold any negotiation.
"This is becoming a reality despite the differences of intentions and
purposes between Hamas and Israel," said Al-Ahmed, adding with such, "it would
enable Israeli Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to carry out his unilateral
plans."
"Hamas political program would help Olmert to define the separation wall as
Israel's permanent border," he said. "It would also enable Israel to keep
control on the biggest Israeli settlements forever while pulling out from parts
of the occupied West Bank."
Winning the Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections by a landslide, Hamas
is expected to form a new government within weeks. The militant group, which
calls for Israel's destruction, has been holding talks with parliament parties
including the Fatah movement over the formation of a national unity government.
But Fatah, long dominant on the Palestinian political stage but defeated by
Hamas in the January ballot, seems unlikely to join a Hamas-led cabinet, it was
reported.