Sami Abu Zuhri, Islamic Hamas movement's spokesman in Gaza, slammed on Saturday some Arab states for being prejudiced to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Abu Zuhri made the criticisim in his comment on a Kuwaiti newspaper's report on Friday, which quoted a Hamas official, who spoke in condition of anonymity, as saying that two Arab countries, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, refused to receive Hamas leader Khaled Masha'al.
The daily said that Egypt and Saudi Arabia refused to receive Masha'al unless he apologizes to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and promise to end Hamas control of the Gaza Strip.
Hamas took control of all Gaza in mid June.
In a statement, Abu Zuhri denied the Kuwaiti daily report, saying "these reports are untrue. The Mujahed (holy fighter) Khaled Masha'al did not ask to visit those countries and he isn't interested to visit those countries because it represents the American views."
He, meanwhile, accused "those countries" of being prejudiced to President Abbas, saying "they are working on normalizing the Arab and Islamic worlds with the culture of the parted peace."
Thanks to Saudi Arabia sponsorship, Hamas and Abbas reached the Mecca agreement in February, which ended with forming a coalition government.
Egypt was the only country that hosted the Palestinian dialogue among all various political groups.
Abbas had repeatedly announced that if Hamas wants to resume the dialogue, it should end its military coup in Gaza and bring back every security headquarter it seized during the control of Gaza on June 14.
"Hamas position would never change and would never be weakened under the pressure which is practiced by those countries," said Abu Zuhri, adding "they don't gain any popular support and they don't have more influence on international policy."
Source: Xinhua
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