Palestinian Agreement Will Facilitate Jihad in West Bank

The Iranian daily Kayhan, which is close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, claimed that the agreement reached between Hamas and Fatah in Cairo reflected the new policy of post-revolution Egypt, hinting that it marked the victory of the Islamist stream, both among the Palestinians and in Egypt. The daily stressed that "the Palestinian people and its legal representative, Hamas, demand that the Zionists leave all the lands of Palestine." It added that the most important aspect of the agreement was the normalization of security relations between the factions in Gaza (Hamas) and those in the West Bank (Fatah), which would free the hands of the jihadi groups in both places. It said that the Palestinian Authority could be expected to stipulate conditions for the return of Hamas and Islamic Jihad to the West Bank, but that these organizations would eventually be able to operate freely there and put an end to the quiet the Zionists had enjoyed in the West Bank over recent years. Finally, the daily said the agreement would thwart Israel's efforts to postpone the establishment of a Palestinian state via U.N. resolution at the General Assembly meeting in September, and that it would increase the Palestinians' independent security and their ability to handle future crises.

Source: Kayhan (Iran), April 30, 2011

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