Hamas to continue Iran ties, armed fight, deputy leader says

The deputy head of the Palestinian Hamas group vowed to keep close ties with Israel's arch-enemy Iran and to maintain its weapons, Iranian media reported on Sunday, rejecting Israeli preconditions for any peace talks.


Hamas signed a reconciliation deal this month with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction.

"Undoubtedly, the Palestinian resistance forces will never give up ... their arms," the semi-official news agency Mehr quoted Saleh Arouri as saying at a meeting with the Iranian parliament's speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran.

Israel said Tuesday it would not hold peace negotiations with a Palestinian government dependent on Hamas and demanded that Hamas recognize Israel, disarm, and sever its ties with Iran.
 [dailysabah.com/Reuters]
 23/10/17
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