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by Khaled Abu Toameh • October
27, 2017 at 5:00 am
- The notion that
Hamas would ever dismantle its security apparatus and deliver
the Gaza Strip to Mahmoud Abbas's forces is a fantasy.
- It is estimated that
there are about 50 different militias operating in the Gaza
Strip. These militias are said to be in possession of about a
million pieces of weaponry.
- If Hamas refuses to
disarm, that is one thing, but when Abbas's supposed loyalists
also come out with similar statements, that this is akin to
spitting in the face of the Palestinian Authority president.
Masked
gunmen from a Fatah militia are pictured on January 30, 2007 in
Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, during a period of armed
clashes between Fatah and Hamas. Later that year, Hamas expelled
Fatah and seized complete control of the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Abid
Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas
says he does not want to see "militias" in the Gaza Strip
if and when the "reconciliation" agreement he reached
with Hamas is implemented. "The Palestinian leadership will
not accept the model of militias in the Gaza Strip because it isn't
a successful one," Abbas told the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
"There should be one authority, one law and one weapon, with
no militias."
Hamas, for its part, has already rejected Abbas's
demand. Hamas has said it has no intention of disarming despite the
"reconciliation" agreement recently signed in Cairo.
"We can't give up our weapons and because the Palestinian
people are still in the phase of national liberation," said
Yehya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip. "We also
can't and won't recognize Israel."
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