Hamas "would never recognize Israel"

"Sheikh Nizar Rayyan, one of the Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip, stressed
that his Movement would never recognize Israel and that the agreement on
formation of the national unity government did not change Hamas' stand in
this regard."

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The Quartet must recognize the Palestinian rights
Information Office of Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades [armed branch of Hamas].
10 February 2007

[Official Web site of the Al-Qassam Brigades ]

www.alqassam.ps/english/?action=showdetail&fid=326

The European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States were
not commenting on the positive points in the Mecca Agreement. However, they
demanded the Palestinian government to recognize Israel.

Under the Palestinians' Mecca Accord, the Fatah movement and the Hamas
movement agreed on forming a new coalition government.

The accord came in the form of a letter from Palestinian Authority Chairman
Mahmoud Abbas, designating Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas to form
the United government. Ismael Haniya will be the Prime Minister of the
United Government.

After the deadly clashes between Palestinians, both Hamas and Fatah reached
a great agreement in the most holy place of all Muslims, which is Al-Haram
mosque, in Saudi Arabia. Thus, the Saudi King has the big role in ending the
clashes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

However, the Quartet asked the Palestinian government to recognize Israel in
order to send aid but did not demanded Israel to recognize the Palestinian
rights.

Sheikh Nizar Rayyan, one of the Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip, stressed
that his Movement would never recognize Israel and that the agreement on
formation of the national unity government did not change Hamas' stand in
this regard.

 Palestinians are very happy of the result of the Mecca agreement with a lot
of hope that it will succeed under the good intention to fulfill the
conditions of the agreement without any negative international intervention.

The Israelis might be happy also because the agreement may reach a point to
relaese the arrested soldiers , Gilad Shalit, in exchange of the release of
the Palestinian prisoners in the Zionist jails

There is a big hope that the Israeli forces would not attack the Gaza Strip
if that agreement succeeded on the Palestinian street.