Hamas's Plan:
A Hamas State of Palestine in Gaza (For Now)
by Khaled Abu Toameh
• April 17, 2015 at 5:00 am
Hamas is
consolidating its grip over the Gaza Strip and making plans to turn it into a
separate state.
Palestinian
Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah consider the purported plan a
"severe blow" to the two-state solution and unity among
Palestinians.
The
Americans and Europeans will also have to listen very carefully to what Hamas
is saying: namely that a Palestinian state in the West Bank or Gaza Strip --
or any part of the Palestinian territories, would not end its struggle to
destroy Israel and replace it with the State of Greater Palestine.
As the U.S. Administration and the international community continue to
push for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, Hamas
seems to be working toward establishing an independent state of its own in
the Gaza Strip.
In recent weeks, reports have surfaced in a number of Arab and Western
media outlets to the effect that Hamas leaders have decided to establish a
"higher committee" for managing the affairs of the Gaza Strip.
Although Hamas spokesmen have denied the reports, sources close to the
Islamist movement said that discussions were underway with representatives of
other Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip to set up the "higher
committee."
The sources said that the decision came after Hamas gave up on the idea
of achieving "national reconciliation" with Mahmoud Abbas's rival
Fatah faction.
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Hamas's Plan: A Hamas State of Palestine in Gaza (For Now)
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