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December 11, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2064738.ece

Hamas Threatens Violence If Abbas Calls Early Election

[Independent-UK] Eric Silver - Hamas has threatened to resort to violence if Mahmoud Abbas calls early elections. Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister, said during a visit to Iran: "Holding early elections is the start of the creation of disorder in Palestine. They do not want the formation of a national-unity government. They want to expel Hamas from the government. They want the authority and government to be entirely in the hands of non-Hamas people." The Hamas leader added after meeting hardline Iranian President Ahmadinejad: "We support the Palestinian people's right to resistance and its right to cancel the cruel agreements that we signed in the past with the occupation regime."

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