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Hamas: Bush won't dictate to us Group spokesman tells Ynet Palestinians back Hamas positions on resistance to occupation, says group does not accept dictates from America Ali Waked United State President George W. Bush's insistence on disarming Hamas constitutes a "blatant interference in Palestinian affairs," Hamas spokesman Sheikh Yasser Mansour told Ynet in an interview Thursday morning. "We completely reject and do not accept Bush's remarks regarding disarming us," Mansour said. "Nobody can force us to disarm." Turning his attention to what is shaping up as an impressive Hamas election victory, the group spokesman said "this great triumph shows the...

Dec. 14, 2004 15:47 | Updated Dec. 14, 2004 18:49 Mashal: US, EU in touch with Hamas By JPOST.COM STAFF Hamas representatives are in touch with leaders from the United States and the European Union, even though Hamas appears on the countries' lists of terror organization, according to Hamas political leader Khaled Mashal. "The European Union is still continuing communications and meetings [with Hamas] The American administration, which also put us on terror lists and criticizes us, contacted us in the past months," Mashal told BBC Monday night. The EU put Hamas on the list of terror organizations last year...

In an apparent change in long-standing policy, a top Hamas leader said Friday the militant Islamic group would accept the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as a long-term truce with Israel. Hamas has long sought to destroy Israel and replace it with an Islamic Palestinian state, rejecting peace accords and carrying out suicide bombings and other attacks that have killed hundreds of people and badly damaged peace efforts. "Hamas has announced that it accepts a Palestinian independent state within the 1967 borders with a long-term truce," Sheikh Hassan Yousef, the top...

The Hamas Website Provides A Platform For Surfers Who Support The Murder Of American Citizens Participants in a chat- forum of the official Hamas website have discussed ways and methods to murder American citizens. What appears below are their comments, as found on the site. 1. Al- Awsad (user number 1):Once a week, a group of American "dogs" come near us on the sea front. I have been following them for a long time and am interested in your suggestions for ways to get rid of them secretly. 2. Salam (user number 2):If they arrive in a private car,...