Hamas' political leader Khaled Mashaal said Wednesday that
Hamas will not lay down its arms and renounce its fight against Israel until it withdraws "from occupied Palestinian lands." Mashaal told the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV station that
Hamas' decision in March to agree to a cease fire period with Israel was part of "a campaign of tactics and maneuvers in order to put the ball back in the Israeli and American court." snip
The Cairo deal followed a joint declaration by Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to an end to more than four years of violence during a February summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt.
Mashaal, who is based in Damascus, Syria,
said agreeing to the truce did not mean the group had given up its fight against Israel. "Our position is clear. We are committed to resistance and will not consent to any dismantling of resistance groups and laying down arms before the occupation leaves our land. This is a constant position on which we will never bargain," he said.
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