RAMALLAH, January 2, 2012 (WAFA) – Palestinian factions denounced the Quartet meeting with Israeli and Palestinian representatives planned to be held in Jordan on Tuesday, according to statements published on Monday.
Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip, called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to boycott the meeting and considered any further political meetings between PA and Israel a “re-production of the failed policy.”
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) considered holding direct talks with Israel immediately after re-directing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to the United Nations a “severe political mistake” and a setback to Palestinian policy.
FIDA also denounced holding the meeting while Israel was proceeding with its intensive settlement expansion in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
It called on the Palestinian leadership not to resume negotiations with Israel unless it halts all settlement activities, land confiscation, and house demolitions in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and accepts the 1967 borders with a set timeline for its withdrawal from the occupied lands.
The factions said the Israeli occupation is the only beneficiary of the meeting in an attempt to polish Israel’s image and break its international isolation.
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