Hamas rejects unconditional ceasefire

Source: alalam.ir, 01-6-2007
DAMASCUS -The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas has rejected a proposed `unconditional ceasefire` with the Zionist regime as `unacceptable`.
In an exclusive interview with Alalam, Mohammad Nazzal, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said that if the "enemy wants to create discord among the Palestinian people by discriminating between political groups here, it is making a `big mistake`".
Asked about certain Palestinian officials` opposition to rocket attacks against "Israeli" targets, the Hamas official said "such views mostly expressed by Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas would put the Palestinian people`s interests at stake."
"If the rocket attacks are fruitless, so why residents of the Zionist settlement of Sderot are fleeing," he said.
He said the Palestinian people`s resistance shows "they are ready to defend themselves and their land," and will not let the occupier`s aggression remain unanswered, adding that the "Zionist regime must pay for its violent actions."