Abu Mazen promises Hamas: return to armed struggle if all fails

Aaron Lerner Date: 30 January 2005

Israel Television Channel One correspondent Oded Granot reported on Mabat
this evening that "an interesting debate has developed in Fatah regarding
Abu Mazen's approach to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. There are those elements
in Fatah who maintain that Abu Mazen is being too soft on Hamas and
principally in the secret promises that he gave to them that if everything
falls apart that they can return to the path of armed struggle. There are
those in Fatah who say that he should not have given such a promise."

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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