BY following the Israeli agenda blindly, the Bush administration is gambling with the destiny of the American people,” Khalid Mishal, head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement said in Doha yesterday.
He said that in spite of the recent intelligence report indicating that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons programme in 2003, the Bush Administration would not drop plans to strike Iran in 2008.
Mishal told reporters that his recent talks with Saudi officials were “fruitful” but refused to say whether Riyadh shared his movement’s opinion regarding the outcome of the Annapolis conference.
Mishal, who is on a tour of the Arab countries, came to Doha from Riyadh. Mishal did not declare his next stop for security reasons.
Asked if Syria asked him to leave Damascus where he is based, he said Hamas is free to take steps fitting its vision.
Mishal told Gulf Times that “prominent European embassies” have not stopped contacting his office in Damascus since the Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in June.
“I have urged the European governments to help the Palestinian people directly instead of giving money to the Fatah-led government.”
According to him, the Annapolis conference sought “cost-free normalisation of ties between Arab countries and Israel”. He called the meeting a total failure.
Answering a question on Hamas’ willingness to talk to their archrival Fatah, he said: “We are ready for that without preconditions.”
On Fatah’s demand for Hamas to hand over all the military posts occupied during June’s coup in Gaza, Mishal said that no one should expect his movement to let “American agents” control Gaza again. He said Hamas is ready to take part in early elections.
On the possibility of a large-scale Israeli incursion into Gaza, Mishal said it would not be a picnic for the Israelis.
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This article summing it up "Annapolis was a total failure>
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