Haniyeh warns against going to Autumn Summit amid of Lack of Full Palestinian Unity

12 October 2007

Head of the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, on Friday described the US-sponsored autumn peace conference as an Israeli plan to trap President Mahmoud Abbas and to confiscate more lands in and around Jerusalem.

His comments came in a speech in Gaza to thousands of worshippers after the Eid Al-Fitr prayer.

Haniyeh called on all the Palestinian factions not to go on any meetings before Palestinian unity had been achieved.

He also called on the Arab countries, especially Egypt and Saudi Arabia, not to normalize relations with Israel.