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Abbas says he will not crackdown on Palestinian militants
Cairo, July 22: Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas said today that he will not crack down on Palestinian militant groups, despite being urged by America and Israel to do so.
Cairo, July 22: Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas said today that he will not crack down on Palestinian militant groups, despite being urged by America and Israel to do so.
After meeting in Cairo with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, Abbas was asked by reporters if he will dismantle armed groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad,
steps Israel is demanding before withdrawing its forces from more Palestinian towns.
"Cracking down on Hamas, Jihad and the Palestinian organizations is not an option at all," Abbas said before leaving Egypt to Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II. "We are applying the law which we accepted under the leadership of the Palestinian authority, and that is what we will do." After meeting in Cairo with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, Abbas was asked by reporters if he will dismantle armed groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, steps Israel is demanding before withdrawing its forces from more Palestinian towns.
"Cracking down on Hamas, Jihad and the Palestinian organizations is not an option at all," Abbas said before leaving Egypt to Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II. "We are applying the law which we accepted under the leadership of the Palestinian authority, and that is what we will do."
"Cracking down on Hamas, Jihad and the Palestinian organizations is not an option at all," Abbas said before leaving Egypt to Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II. "We are applying the law which we accepted under the leadership of the Palestinian authority, and that is what we will do." After meeting in Cairo with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, Abbas was asked by reporters if he will dismantle armed groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, steps Israel is demanding before withdrawing its forces from more Palestinian towns.
"Cracking down on Hamas, Jihad and the Palestinian organizations is not an option at all," Abbas said before leaving Egypt to Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II. "We are applying the law which we accepted under the leadership of the Palestinian authority, and that is what we will do."