Victory
25-05-03, 20:11
US roadmap, big trap
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9:49:59 AM
Doha, May 25 - The US-backed Middle East peace roadmap is "a big trap" a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Movement Hamas said Saturday.
"We are facing a big trap. I urge brother Abu Mazen (Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas) not to be deceived," Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal told Qatar's al-Jazeera television in Doha.
Ariel "Sharon is seeking to buy time," said Meshaal, adding that the Israeli Prime Minister is after "seeking to implement only the first phase of the roadmap in order to strike the Palestinian resistance."
Sharon, who has lodged 15 objections to the roadmap, extracted a high price from Washington for his commitment to the plan, which envisages the creation of a Palestinian state by 2005.
His endorsement came Friday only after a public pledge from US Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to address Israel's concerns over the plan.
But the Palestinians also said Saturday they had received assurances from Washington the plan will be applied without changes.
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9:49:59 AM
Doha, May 25 - The US-backed Middle East peace roadmap is "a big trap" a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Movement Hamas said Saturday.
"We are facing a big trap. I urge brother Abu Mazen (Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas) not to be deceived," Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal told Qatar's al-Jazeera television in Doha.
Ariel "Sharon is seeking to buy time," said Meshaal, adding that the Israeli Prime Minister is after "seeking to implement only the first phase of the roadmap in order to strike the Palestinian resistance."
Sharon, who has lodged 15 objections to the roadmap, extracted a high price from Washington for his commitment to the plan, which envisages the creation of a Palestinian state by 2005.
His endorsement came Friday only after a public pledge from US Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to address Israel's concerns over the plan.
But the Palestinians also said Saturday they had received assurances from Washington the plan will be applied without changes.