Hamas Stance and Oslo

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For years we have heard about the peace process. We have heard that time and again, there has been a missed opportunity for peace, due inevitably to Palestinian violence, and of course, nothing could be further from the truth. I am going to read from the book entitled Palestine, Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. The section this is from is entitled. "Why the Islamic movement was supposed to the Oslo agreements."



1. The movement saw it as a way of suppressing their resistance, as their struggle rejects any form of negotiation or renunciation.



2. The appearance of a fatwa, dictated by many who are religious experts, forbidding anyone from giving up a single span of Palestinian land.



3. The Movement saw that the agreement included the recognition of Israel's right to 78% of Palestinian land.



4. The agreement did not clarify the situation of Jerusalem, which remained unresolved, pending negotiations. The situation of the refugees and of the Israeli settlements was not clarify either.



5. The agreement did not include the creation of a Palestinian state. Consequently, it did not guarantee how Palestinians safety and the exercise of their freedom.



6. The agreement deprived the Palestinian Authority of sovereignty in foreign affairs, border security and the right to legislate without approval from Israel, while the latter was entitled to enter the territories of Gaza and the West Bank. whenever it wished.



7. Another prohibition stated in the agreement was this was the formation of a Palestinian army, and it's procurement of armaments, without prior authorization from Israel.



8. The agreement stipulated that Israel had a right to veto any alleged legislation that the Palestinian parliament might pass it to opposed their interest. This was the most unusual clause.



9. The agreement also stipulated that Palestinian authority was obliged to refrain from any armed struggle against Israel, which would effectively turn it into an instrument in Israel's hands and lead to sectarian conflict between Palestinians.



10. The agreement did not consider the West Bank and Gaza to be Palestinian territories, but Israeli ones where Palestinians would exercise autonomous government

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Israeli assassinations of Palestinian Resistance leaders between the years 2001 and 2004.



(1) The first one I know of actually is of the Yahya Ayash, preceding the period in 1996 with an explosive device in a mobile telephone.



(2) In November of 2001, Mahmoud Abu Hunud, the head of the AL Qassam Brigades by guided missile.



(3) Ra'id al-Karmi of Tulkaram and Ahmed Abdullah of Nablus in 2002.



(4) The Muka'ta, the headquarters of President Arafat was demolished by missile attack in 2002.



-- In September of 2002, the US recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.



(5)In Janaury of 2003, the Jenin massacre took place.



(6)Salah Shehedah, the founder of Al Qassam brigades in January 2003 by a rocket fired from an F-16.



(7)Tarek Abed Rabbo, and Jadallah Musa Shawkat in 2003.



( Ibrahim Makadme, a Hamas leader killed by remote control missile from a squaw driven Apache helicopters.



--The attempted assassination of Dr. Abdul Azziz Arantissi in Gaza in June of 2003 by helicopter fired missile.



(9)Ismael Abu Shanah in March 2004 by a missile fired at his car by Israeli military plane, burned to death.



(10) Abdullah Aqel, head of Al Qassam in August, 2003.



--In 2003, the US declares Hamas a terrorist organization and freezes its accounts.



(11) Ahmed Yassin, in 2004 by a missile fired from a military plane, burned to death.



Source: Palestine Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Dr. Tareq M. Suwaidan



Israeli leaders assassinated by Hamas or other Palestinian Resistance Groups in same period



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