GAZA (PIC)– The Hamas Movement on Monday criticized PA chief Mahmoud Abbas for his attempt to block the convening of the Damascus national conference saying it showed the degree of his irritation of that conference.
Sami Abu Zuhri a Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip said in a press release that it was the right of any Palestinian citizen to express his views let alone the fact that the conference would bring together Palestinian forces representing the majority in the Palestinian street.
The Damascus conference would not be one of its kind but rather would be followed by others to affirm the Palestinian people’s insistence on their rights Abu Zuhri disclosed.
He said that Abbas’s step reflects the PA leadership’s preparedness to endorse a new “liquidation project”.
Fawzi Barhoum another Hamas spokesman expressed dismay at Abbas’s step saying it reflects his attempt to sanction political exclusion and ignores the Palestinian refugees’ stands.
He charged that Abbas’s opposition to the Damascus conference comes in response to American and Israeli dictates and an attempt to wipe out the issue of Palestinian refugees and to isolate the Palestine cause from its Arab Islamic and international dimensions.
