Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder and spiritual leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has affirmed that no hudna (truce) with the Zionist enemy was feasible at the present stage. The Sheikh told Quds Press in a special interview that as long as the Zionist enemy persisted in aggression on the Palestinian people there would be no meaning for a hudna. He explained that granting a hudna to the enemy at present meant surrender.
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Replying to another question, Yassin said that there was no fixed date yet for a meeting between him and Ahmed Qurei, the Palestinian Authority premier. He affirmed preparedness to open dialogue with the PA and all Palestinian factions, adding that the Hamas officials were ready to hear what Qurei has to say. The Hamas leader urged Qurei to work for the Palestinian people and cause and not to be influenced by âIsraeliâ and American pressures. Yassin said that he supported martyrdom commandos whether males or females but favored males to launch such operations while females would be left as a reserve army.
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He accused âIsraelâ of masterminding the explosion in an American motorcade in Gaza recently because such an attack served its own interests. The Sheikh said that it was natural for Al-Qaeda to declare war on the USA as long as the latter had declared war on Al-Qaeda but said that his Movement would not join Al-Qaeda in its operations.
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He affirmed that the Palestiniansâ hatred of the USA was increasing because it supplied âIsraelâ with money and arms and supported the Zionist entity at the UN Security Council. Yassin denied thinking of any PA post, affirming that his main concern was liberating the lands. |