(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesman for Hamas movement, stated that the remarks made by PA President Mahmoud Abbas about the Hebrew state's right in the Palestinian land ran contrary to national consensus.
Abbas had said that "Israel is here to stay" during his meeting with Jewish Rabbis at the presidency headquarters in Ramallah on Monday.
Abbas's remarks reflect the state of harmony between him and the Israeli occupation, said Abu Zuhri on Wednesday.
Hamas' spokesman said Abbas's remarks have shocked the Palestinian people, and asked him to apologize.
For its part, the Palestinian government in Gaza strongly condemned, in a statement after its weekly meeting held under premier Ismail Haneyya, the statements of president Abbas and said that he must apologize to the Palestinian people for taking such a position.
In the West Bank, MP Dr. Mahmoud al-Ramahi, the secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council, denounced Abbas's statements.
Ramahi, commenting on Abbas’s statement that Israel is here to stay, said that there is no place for the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian land.
He called on Abbas to re-consider his statements that do not serve the Palestinian cause, stressing the illegitimacy of the Israeli occupation.
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30 August 2012 - 04:57
News ID: 341819
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesman for Hamas movement, stated that the remarks made by PA President Mahmoud Abbas about the Hebrew state's right in the Palestinian land ran contrary to national consensus.
