Arab news Islamic Jihad not joining Palestinian unity govt By MOHAMMED MAR'I | ARAB NEWS
Published: Apr 29, 2011 23:38 Updated: Apr 29, 2011 23:38 RAMALLAH: A senior Islamic Jihad member on Friday said that his movement will not join the Palestinian national unity government the rival Fatah and Hamas movements will form to end their internal split. Mohammed Al-Hindi, a member of Islamic Jihad politburo, said in a press statement that the movement "will not participate in the unity government in accordance with the Cairo announcement" since the Islamic Jihad "does not join any of Palestinian Authority's institutions that were established in accordance with Oslo Accords." "Ending the differences between Fatah and Hamas on the government, elections and security is an important move. But the deal does not form a national reference that the Islam Jihad calls for," Al-Hindi said. Fatah and Hamas representatives on Wednesday signed a preliminary agreement on all controversial issues including the elections, reformation of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the formation of the interim government in Cairo. For its part, the Israeli government decided to hold off any contact with the incoming national unity government. Israeli government sources said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak took the decision following a series of consultations on late Thursday. Mark Regev, spokesman of Netanyahu's office, said will not hold any contacts with the Palestinian Authority (PA) if the latter is "related in any way with Hamas." © 2010 Arab News ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
