DAMASCUS (PIC)– Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk the deputy political bureau chairman of the Hamas Movement on Tuesday urged PA chief Mahmoud Abbas to go to Gaza and to initiate dialogue with PA premier Ismail Haneyya to contain the growing crisis in the Palestinian lands.
He also asked Abbas to stop voicing statements that only complicate the problem and “pour oil on fire”.
The Hamas leader in a statement to the PIC addressed an appeal to all Palestinians to deal with the ongoing events in a responsible manner to avoid more tragedies affirming that dialogue and concurrence were the only means to avoid such problems and tragedies.
“What is currently going on in the Palestinian lands only benefit the Zionist enemy” he pointed out adding that Hamas had repeatedly warned of embarking on any political step that would escalate tensions in apparent reference to Abbas’ call for early elections.
Abu Marzouk charged that a certain “irresponsible group” was cunningly pushing the Palestinian people into feudal fighting. He further said that the latest security deterioration was the fruit of Abbas’ speech in which he called for early elections.
The Hamas leader asked all Arab Islamic and friendly countries to exert their good offices to halt such deterioration and to denounce Israel USA and UK attempts to further ignite the strife through openly declaring support to one Palestinian party against the other.
Israeli premier Ehud Olermt along with British premier Tonly Blair and American secretary of state Condoleezza Rice had voiced support to Abbas.
