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Hamas: Bush is not welcome
05/01/2008 18:31 - (SA)
Gaza City - The Islamist Hamas movement said on Saturday next week's visit by US President George W Bush to the region was "unwelcome" and would only benefit Israel at the expense of the Palestinians.
"Bush's visit is unwelcome because it is aimed at serving the occupation," Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.
"Hamas and the Palestinian people do not expect a single thing from this visit, considering American policies completely favour the Israelis," he added.
The visit, the first to Israel and the Palestinian territories by a sitting US president for nine years, is aimed at boosting recently relaunched peace talks between the two sides, a process which Hamas has repeatedly rejected.
Referring to the government in Ramallah, Abu Zuhri said the Bush visit was aimed at "providing political and material aid to the enemy and working to deepen the internal divisions to help one Palestinian faction confront another."
Since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in mid-June last year it has accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's government in Ramallah in the West Bank of serving the occupation and warned against making concessions to Israel.
- AFP
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