Hamas:

Palestinians 'Will Not Abandon AL-Quds'

Rasa - A spokesman for the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, says that US President Donald Trump, who has talked about moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to al-Quds (Jerusalem), needs to choose between making peace or adding "more oil to the fire".

News ID: 426898

Date: 28 January 2017 - 13:32

RNA - In mid-January, rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah announced the creation of a new unity government. But can the two groups, who have reconciled before only to fall out again, make it work this time?

"In politics, no one can say that 'I'm sure 100 percent', but you have to try," says Osama Hamdan, who is also a spokesman for Hamas. "Now we came to this crash point and we both understand we need as Palestinians a national unity government."

Hamdan says that US President Donald Trump, who has talked about moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Al-Quds, needs to choose between making peace or adding "more oil to the fire".

"He knows that Al-Quds is the key for peace," Hamdan tells UpFront of Trump. "He has to make his choice: If he wants to be the president who creates peace in the region, or the president who added more oil to the fire," he said in an interview with Al Jazeera excerpts of which was released on Saturday.

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