Palestinians nix talks with Israel

Two Palestinian organizations have joined Hamas in its call on the acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas to avoid new talks with Israel.

“Insisting on direct talk throws a life line to Israel as its isolation deepens,” Hamas said on Sunday in a statement issued jointly after a meeting in the Syrian capital Damascus with other Palestinian organizations.
“A return to direct talks serves the US and Zionist aim to liquidate the national rights of the Palestinian people,” Reuters quoted the statement as saying.
Maher al-Taher, a senior official in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, read the statement.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, an organization which has long advocated negotiating with Israel and has a minister in the Palestinian Authority, also signed the statement.
Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal said the meeting was “exceptional” because it brought together 11 groups that represent a majority of the Palestinians.

Source: Press TV