Palestinians Reject Quartet Demands
Representatives of the new Palestinian unity government have said they will reject the Middle East Quartet's offer to reinstate direct aid in return for a renunciation of violence and recognition of Israel.
The Quartet's statement "reflects an evolution of its positions, [but] this remains insufficient," Nabil Abu Rudeina, a spokesman the Palestinian presidency, said on Thursday.
"We have to work immediately toward the application of the roadmap and the Arab peace initiative."
On Wednesday the Quartet - which brings together the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States - reaffirmed that the new Palestinian coalition must renounce violence, recognise Israel and accept past peace deals.
The new government, comprising members of the rival Hamas and Fatah parties as well as independent candidates, was sworn in last weekend after months of negotiation.
Unveiling its political programme on Saturday, Ismail Haniya, the Hamas prime minister, said while his government would "respect" past peace accords, the Palestinians had a "legitimate right" to "resistance in all its forms."
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The "Arabs in Palestine" will waiting until such a time as the ignorant infidels will come around to their way of thinking and will agree to throw Israel under the bus...
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
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