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October 24, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4029/abbas-hamas-assad

Abbas, Hamas, Flirting with Syria's Assad

(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are hoping that Assad will forgive them for failing to support his regime against the rebels. More than 200,000 Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes in Syria, while another 2,000 have been killed in the fighting. In his recent UN speech, PA President Mahmoud Abbas said, "We have affirmed our rejection of a military solution and the need to find a peaceful political solution to fulfill the aspirations of the Syrian people." Abbas also refrained from holding the Assad regime responsible for the use of chemical weapons. Last weekend, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh also called for a "political solution and national understandings" in solving Arab disputes.

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