9 June 2015 - 07:39
'No negotiation between Hamas and Israel and there is no interest in that'

We do not negotiate with Israel because there is no interest in that. When we decide to negotiate indirectly, that will not be a secret.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, member of Hamas’s political bureau, said the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) claim of meeting minutes of negotiations between his movement and Israel is clear fabrication.

In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Abu Marzouk said “what has been heard by PA’s officials about direct or indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel and having meeting minutes is totally fabricated.”

“We do not negotiate with Israel because there is no interest in that. When we decide to negotiate indirectly, that will not be a secret. We did so in Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal and during the last summer’s war on Gaza,” Abu Marzouk underlined.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas along with a number of PA’s and Fatah’s leaders accused Hamas movement of secretly negotiating with Israel, claiming that they possess meeting minutes of Hamas-Israeli negotiations.



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