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Hamas: Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks illegitimate, coerced by U.S.

Hamas\' politburo chief Khaled Meshal said Tuesday that the upcoming U.S.-backed direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are illegitimate and the result of coercion by Washington.
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August 24, 2010

Hamas’ politburo chief Khaled Meshal said Tuesday that the upcoming U.S.-backed direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are illegitimate and the result of coercion by Washington.

The talks were shelved two years ago, but the Obama administration is hoping for a breakthrough during the new rounds of negotiations set to begin Sept. 2.

“These negotiations are taking place by force of coercion and with an American summons,” Meshal told reporters in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday.

Read more at Haaretz.com.

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