Thursday, February 23, 2006
Khaled Mash'al: Oh the West, the Islamic nation's history with you is bitter. We do not believe you anymore. We do not trust you anymore. We do not rely on you. We are not waiting for you. We will rely only on Allah, and then on ourselves, because you are an international community that respects only force. We have witnessed your oppression - all the Zionist oppression in the land of Palestine - they killed elderly people and women, they destroyed villages and homes, they destroyed agricultural produce, they uprooted our blessed olive trees. What have you done? Nothing except for offering some sympathy and useless words. At the same time you came to the aid of 200,000 in East Timor, against 200 million Muslims in Indonesia. You have made Darfur, in Sudan, your greatest concern. Why do you view certain issues one way, and turn a blind and oppressive eye at the real issues of our nation?...
Also see (and perhaps even more interesting): Deputy Head of Hamas Political Bureau, Musa Abu Marzouq: Our Rejection of Negotiations Has Nothing to Do with Religious Law, But Has to Do with Interests
Musa Abu Marzouq: We presented a platform...
Interviewer: Because Hamas is talking in two voices - to the Palestinians it says 1948, and to the foreigners it says 1967.
Musa Abu Marzouq: No, no. Hamas... Hamas is clear on this matter. Hamas believes that historical Palestine, that is, all of Palestine, belongs to the Palestinian people.
Interviewer: "Historical Palestine" means 1948.
Musa Abu Marzouq: We say that all of Palestine, from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea, belongs to the Palestinians. They have a legitimate right to this land.
Interviewer: That's the voice directed at your own people, while the voice directed outside speaks about 1967.
Musa Abu Marzouq: We use one voice in all forums. But we also say that we are dealing realistically with the current phase - an independent Palestinian state with full sovereignty over the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. That is what we presented to our people in our elections platform.
Interviewer: Is this a partial or phased solution?
Musa Abu Marzouq: Yes, it is a temporary and phased solution. This is not the permanent solution.
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Interviewer: Can I, or the viewer, conclude from this commentary that Hamas, according to this interpretation, will recognize everything resulting from the Oslo Accords?
Musa Abu Marzouq: Of course not. First of all, the Oslo Accords were signed between the PLO and Israel. Secondly, the Palestinian Authority is not an interested party in political dealings or in the agreements with Israel. We...
Interviewer: What "Authority"?
Musa Abu Marzouq: By Authority, I mean the government.
Interviewer: It is not committed to the agreements?
Musa Abu Marzouq: It is not party to these agreements...