Hamas slams Abbas for not demanding the Right of Return
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Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, slammed the Palestinian President,
Mahmoud Abbas, for not demanding the Right of Return in a framework he
reached with Zionist entity's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in which it states
that the Palestinians would give up the Right of Return to their homeland
which they were displaced from by Zionist militias in 1948.

The movement said that any agreement which disregards the basic rights of
the Palestinians, and their internationally-guaranteed Right of Return will
not be accepted by the Palestinian people.

Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas media spokesperson, said in a press statement on
Saturday that voiding the Right of Return is the result of secret talks with
the "Zionist enemy" and completely nullifies the Palestinian struggle and
sacrifices over the years.

Barhoum added that no one is allowed to void the Right of Return or any
fundamental issue which affects the Palestinian people, and added that the
refugees have the right to return to their homeland.

"Abbas is turning his back to millions of displaced Palestinians", Barhoum
said, "Abbas is turning his back on the national consensus and is going with
the American-Zionist agendas".

The Hamas leader also said that the outcome of the secret or non-secret
talks with Zionist entity is very dangerous and will not be accepted by the
Palestinian people who will resist and foil these agendas".

He considered the talks between Abbas and Zionist entity as a "crime against
the Palestinian people" and added that the Palestinians will not recognize
the outcome of these talks.