イスラエル／パレスチナ和平

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/05/20030206i215.htm
ハマス、エジプト政府の武装闘争中止提案を正式拒否

　 【カイロ＝平野真一】ベイルートからの報道によると、パレスチナのイスラム原理主義組織ハマスは、エジプト政府がパレスチナ各派に提案していた１年間の対イスラエル武装闘争中止を正式に拒否した。ハマスのウサマ・ハムダン・レバノン駐在代表が５日夜、記者団に対し明らかにした。
　 同代表は「停戦はパレスチナ人の利益にならない」と述べ、あくまで武装闘争を継続する構えを強調。ただ、「イスラエルがパレスチナ攻撃を停止すれば、イスラエル民間人への攻撃（テロ）停止を考慮する」とした。
　 エジプトは、２年以上に及ぶパレスチナ紛争を鎮静化させ和平交渉再開への環境を醸成するため、昨秋からパレスチナ各派をカイロに招いて停戦を説得していたが、アラファト・パレスチナ自治政府議長率いる主流派ファタハ以外は停戦に難色を示し、先月決裂していた。


http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-me/2003/feb/06/020604940.html
Hamas: Ready to Take Over for Arafat
By HASSAN FATTAH
ASSOCIATED PRESS


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -

Hamas is prepared to assume leadership of the Palestinian people, a senior Hamas official said Thursday in a rare expression of the goal of the violent Islamic movement.
Hamas has avoided direct conflicts with Yasser Arafat's leadership, although from time to time, clashes between the groups have erupted.
Mahmoud Zahar, a leader of the Hamas political wing, told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday that his group is "absolutely" prepared to lead the Palestinian people now.
He said Hamas has the infrastructure to take over leadership "politically, financially (and) socially."
Polls have shown consistently that Arafat's Fatah movement is more popular than Hamas among Palestinians, but Arafat has not visited Gaza in more than a year. He has been confined to his Ramallah West Bank headquarters by the Israeli military presence.
Hamas has moved into the vacuum in Gaza, stepping up social services in the crowded, poverty-stricken territory. Also, its frequent attacks against Israel have bolstered its backing.
Hamas has been responsible for dozens of suicide bombing attacks against Israelis during 28 months of fighting. Hamas does not recognize the existence of a Jewish state in the Middle East, opposing Arafat's policy of creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Zahar said the Hamas takeover would come through elections, not a military operation. Palestinians had elections scheduled for Jan. 20 but postponed them because Israeli troops are in control of most of the West Bank population centers.
Ziad Abu Amr, a Palestinian legislator from Arafat's Fatah movement, said Hamas leaders rarely state the takeover goal in public, but said it is clearly their intention. "They want to mold things according to their vision," he said. "All along they presented themselves as an alternative, but they want to do it peacefully."


ハマスの政治部門高官が、「我々は自治政府に替わる準備が出来ている」と発言。