This is the organization that President Bush is unwilling to speak out against their participating in the upcoming vote in Gaza and the West Bank:
Hamas spokesman Mushir Al-Masri said the organization has no intention of extending the lull in the territories after the end of 2005, the date set in the original agreement on the matter.
“No one should even dream of this possibility,†he told Al-Jazeera.
The Palestinian news agency Maan reported that Hamas has indeed announced the lull would not continue beyond the end of 2005.
Oh, and here is Abbas’ own organization’s take on the matter:
Meanwhile, the Al-Aqsa Brigades, Fatah’s military wing, and the Salah al-Din Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for the firing of two rockets at Israel from Gaza.
Yes, Israel’s partners in peace. If peace means war, death, murder, and destruction, that is.
Cynical? Me? Surely you jest.