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Hamas Leaders Respond to Agreement with Fatah - Deputy Head of Political Bureau Moussa Abu Marzouq: "The Quartet Has Become Obsolete"

(MEMRI) Reactions by Hamas leaders to the Hamas-Fatah agreement, Al-Jazeera TV, April 27, 2011: Deputy Head of Hamas Political Bureau Moussa Abu Marzouq: We know that one of the main issues that was in dispute was the fact that every government must have a political platform, and that if it has no political platform, the platform of the president becomes that of the Palestinian government. The Palestinian political platform was in dispute, due to the terms set by the Quartet. Now the Quartet has become obsolete, along with its terms, and it is not taken too much into consideration. The Quartet and its terms were not mentioned in these understandings even once. Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar: "Our perspective is entirely different from that of Fatah. Fatah believes in negotiations, while we believe that negotiations with the Israeli enemy are in vain. We believe in armed struggle, in addition to responsible governing, as well as making the government's resources available to the resistance. We believe that obeying the terms of the Quartet would have entailed the loss of the Palestinian rights....The terms of the Quartet meant, in short, recognition of the Israeli enemy, in exchange for bread, gas, and oil. Our steadfastness...has taught a lesson to the Quartet."
2011-04-29 00:00:00
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