 Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Wednesday accused the US of trying to "rearrange" the Middle East to suit American and Israeli interests. | “She cares only to rearrange this region and to rearrange the Palestinian scene in a way that serves the American and Israeli agenda.” |
Haniyeh spoke as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in the region for talks with the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. While the US supports Abbas as a legitimate negotiating partner, it considers Hamas a terrorist group, and Rice was not meeting with any of its members. "She cares only to rearrange this region and to rearrange the Palestinian scene in a way that serves the American and Israeli agenda," Haniyeh said. |