Update on “The New Face of Palestine”

February 6, 2006

From Al Jazeera:

Abu Marzouk said any government set up by Hamas "will not make security arrangements with Israeli or hand over (Palestinians) who fire rockets (on Israel)".

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Abu Marzouk acknowledged that the movement faces difficulties in its attempts to set up a government.

"The most daunting task we face is to recognise the Zionist enemy and the obligations which the Authority had in the absence of similar (Israeli) obligations," he said.

I don’t know if this second quote is hopeful or not. “Zionist Enemy” is not a good way to make friends with Israel, yet “recognise” [SIC] is hopeful. The first quote is very bad. All in all the signs are not good. I’m still in favor of patience though.

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