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Fatah official accuses Hamas of contacting U.S., Israel
14/3/2006 12:50

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.



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