The Palestinian Authority returns 50 million dollars to Washington

And Abu Mazen meets Hamas leaders for the discussion of the creation of the coming government 

2-19-2006

The Palestinian Authority agreed on the return of 50 million dollar of the American financial aid to The United States after Washington said that it does not want offering financial aids to a Palestinian government with the command of the Hamas movement that refuses the recognition in Israel .

And the request of the American foreign ministry has come to with the return of the moneys in the wake of the winning that the Hamas movement realized in the legislative elections that took place in the Palestinian territories last month .

And it was imposed that he uses sum of the fifty million dollars - and most of it is still present in a bank account - in the repetition of the activation of the Palestinian economy after the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza .

And the Israeli Cabinet has held Friday a meeting with Ehud Olmert 's presidency, the acting prime minister, that some security officials attended . And the meeting discussed the steps that are waited that Israel takes them in light of the creation of a Palestinian government that the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas leads .

And it was expected that the Israeli government declares in the meeting its attitude from the measures that the Ministry of Defence suggested for the imposition of restrictions on the moves of the Palestinians .

But Israeli officials say that the vote on those suggestions will be held on Sunday in a meeting that all government members attends .

And Israel says that it will not deal with Hamas except if the movement declared its rejection of the violence and the recognition in Israel .

And Hamas has refused until now the response to the demands of the abandonment about the choice of the armed resistance, and the recognition in Israel, but it respects the existing truce with Israel .

Also the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas leaders in Gaza today for the discussion of the creation of the coming government . Also he holds consultations in the same context with other Palestinian factions for it a representation by the Legislative Assembly .

And officials in Hamas said it from scheduled to reaches the parliamentary bloc president for the movement Mahmoud Al-Zahhar is officially the Palestinian president that Hamas chose Ismail Haniyya nominated for the new premiership .

And Abbas requested through the start of the first session to the new Legislative Assembly yesterday from Hamas the creation of the next government, and called on it for the commitment to the peace process and the signed agreements with Israel and the negotiations way as a strategic choice, but Hamas hurried into the refusal of Abbas 's call .

And its candidate of the next premiership in following statements commented on Abbas 's word with the saying the differences with the authority president are solved with the dialogue and the understanding and the coordination .

However spokesman of Hamas Sami Abu Zhri pointed in statements to AlJazeera to that there a difference between the program of the next government and the presidency, and that Hamas is still refusing the negotiation with Israel .

And it is expected that Abbas confirms through his meeting with Hamas leaders in Gaza his requests that called to it in front of the Legislative Assembly, but observers and analysts do not expect that he makes it conditions for the creation of the government . And despite the disagreements between the two parties no appears that Abbas or Hamas ready for the entrance of an instant confrontation .

And he is still in front of Hamas five weeks for the creation of the government and it is expected that it seeks the creation of a national unity government despite the declaration of Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fatah leaders that they do not want the participation in it .

And Hamas has started actually consultations with the other Palestinian factions regarding the creation of the next government . And the movement spokesman in the Legislative Assembly said he no red lines in front of Hamas in this framework except the Palestinian people interests .

And sources in Hamas said that the movement formed a negotiating delegation for talks with different groups inside the parliament . And she expressed its hope for the completion of the negotiations of the government creation within two weeks .

And on the other side, the Israeli government discusses today the imposition of new strict measures on the Palestinians for weakening a government that leads it Hamas, and hence the attempt of the pressure on it for the recognition in Israel and the rejection of what it names the violence .

And a big Israeli governmental official asked not to be named said that Israel prefers the non taking a hardline attitude at first until he does not lose the international support and he allows Hamas the gain of a sympathy and external financial aids need it strongly .

And the new Israeli restrictions may include on the Palestinians the prevention of workers and commodities from the entrance of Israel from Gaza . And in last week the officials of the Israeli Ministry of Defence advised on the pressure on the Palestinian Authority financially throughout the instant stopping of all transfers of the taxes revenues and exercise of the pressure on the international donors for freezing all aids except the humanity from it .

Also the Ministry of Defence officials suggested also the prevention of all Palestinians from the work in Israel and from the move between Gaza and the occupied The West Bank