Hamas says progress made over thorny issues in statehood proposal
25/6/2006 10:43
A spokesman for the Hamas-led Palestinian government said yesterday that
progress had been made in talks over thorny issues in a statehood proposal that
implicitly recognizes Israel.
Ghazi Hamad told reporters in Gaza that all the
Palestinian factions were well aware that their talks on the proposal must come
up with an agreement soon, noting progress regarding sticky issues.
The
spokesman said that Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement had
reached agreement on most of the details concerning the three key thorny issues
including negotiations with Israel, the makeup of a new national unity
government and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on land
Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war.
"The remaining issues (under
negotiations) are not complicated and can be settled on Saturday or Sunday,"
Hamad added.
The proposal, advocating a two-state solution to the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict, is widely seen as giving implicit recognition to
the Jewish state, which Hamas vows to destroy.
Palestinian President Abbas
has set July 26 for a referendum on the proposal if the factions fail to achieve
consensus.
Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, took hold of the
Palestinian government in late March after a sweeping election victory in
January.
Xinhua
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