HAMAS WANTS "ALL PALESTINE"

Hamas Seeks Liberation of "All Palestine," Not Just West Bank and Gaza
Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said in an interview Tuesday that Hamas has lost confidence in Abu Mazen, "who failed to implement what we have agreed upon." Al-Zahar asserted that "Hamas will keep its weapons in its hands and will defend any part of the homeland." Hamas, he said, sees the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Jerusalem [al-Quds] as one geographical unity and it will not be silent in Gaza if the West Bank is under attack by Israel. "Our national problem is not related only to the West Bank, Gaza, and al-Quds...but to Palestine, all [the territory of] Palestine." (Trans. Jonathan D. Halevi) (al-Hayat al-Jadida-PA, 5 Jul05)