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Palestinian premier comments on US plots to drive self-rule to failure

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Al-Khalil, May 30, IRNA
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday that Washington is the enemy of all Muslims.

Speaking in an interview with IRNA, Haniyeh said that Washington makes every endeavor towards the failure of the Hamas-led democratic government of Palestine.

He said that US administration has stood against Islam and the Muslims and is under the influence of the Zionist lobby.

"Palestinian nation and the Islamic Ummah are not enemies of American people. They do not accept hegemony of the US and oppression," Haniyeh said.

Asked about probable escalation of civil war in Palestine, he said that fighting between Palestinians is the red line for all and there is no place for such an event in Palestine.

"Palestinians are a nation who have made many sacrifices in resistance to the occupying forces and all share the commitment to safeguard national security. People have joined hands with institutes of Palestinian self-rule.

"All the nation know that there is a common enemy who are the occupying forces against whom we should stand," Haniyeh said.

"Normally, there are differences between Fatah movement and Hamas, but, wisdom and democratic means prevail over them in a way that it will never lead to fighting."
He said that leaders of Fatah movement and Hamas are used to coming to terms in case of emergence of any tension and manage to end it immediately. "There are effective agreements between the two parties."
He said that Israel should withdraw from the territories it has occupied since 1967 and respect the right of Palestinians refugees to return home, respect a permanent ceasefire and allow Palestinian government to open up for a democratic society.

Haniyeh said that the Hamas-led government respects the president of Palestinian Self-Rule and there is sense of full trust between the president and the prime minister in accordance with the Constitution, and authorities of the president of the self-rule and the government, understanding and national interests of the Palestinian nation.

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