[IslamCity] Hamas Open for Negotiations with Israel

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Hamas Open for Negotiations with Israel "We'll negotiate (with Israel) better than the others, who negotiated for 10 years and achieved nothing," said Abu Tir, hours before Israel arrested him. (Reuters) CAIRO, January 15, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas, expected to make major inroads in the Palestinian parliament in the January 25 polls, is open for negotiations with Israel. "We'll negotiate (with Israel) better than the others, who negotiated for 10 years and achieved nothing," Sheikh Mohammed Abu Tir, the number two on Hamas's slate for legislative elections, told Israel's Haaretz daily on Sunday, January 15. "The question of negotiations will be presented to the new parliament and, as with every issue, when we reach the parliament it will be discussed and decided in a rational manner." The ruling Fatah party has been engaged in on-off talks with Israel since the run-up to the 1993 Oslo accord. Abu Tir was one of three Hamas candidates and six activists detained Sunday by Israeli occupation forces for electioneering in Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). Israel finally approved on Sunday allowing Palestinians in Al-Quds to vote in the legislative elections, but banned Hamas from listing its candidates on ballots in the holy city. In a rare interview with Israeli radio on said Wednesday, November 9, Hamas leader Mahmmoud Al-Zahar said the resistance group was prepared to consider talks with Israel after the elections. Hamas, which enjoys a soaring popularity among Palestinians, is putting up candidates for parliament for the first time and is expected to win big. Click to read the Haaretz's interview in full Back To News Page Please feel free to contact News editor at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "islamcity" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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