Hanieh: Hamas not seeking rule alone

 
31-3-2009

Hamas premier Ismail Hanieh on Tuesday said his movement was not seeking to rule the Palestinian territories alone.

"Hamas wants to put an end to the split and boost the partnership in administering the home," Hanieh said in an interview with Felesteen, a pro-Hamas daily based in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

Referring to unity talks that Cairo hosts between his movement and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah factions, Hanieh said "We want to secure a systematic reference for the Palestinian people representing all of them."

"We want to reconstruct a security establishment able to protect the home and provide all means of steadfastness and power to the Palestinian people," Hanieh continued. "We work on building a respectful political regime and attaching the Palestinian people to the resistance," according to Hanieh.