Hamas leader says group will never recognise Israel

GAZA: A large crowd of Palestinians cheered a Hamas leader’s pledge on Tuesday never to recognize Israel and celebrated the Islamist movement’s 23rd anniversary at a Gaza rally punctuated by sonic booms from Israeli jets.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, whose group runs the Gaza Strip, said the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) headed by Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas had made a “historic mistake” by recognising Israel.

“We said it five years ago and we say it now. we will never, we will never, we will never recognise Israel,” Haniyeh told the gathering which some organisers said was attended by around 250,000 people.

Haniyeh had raised speculation last month about a change in Hamas’s charter, which calls for Israel’s destruction, by suggesting the group could accept a referendum on any peace treaty giving the Palestinians a state on land Israel

Pakistan will never compromise on nuclear program

Lahore, Pakistan News :- Pakistan will never compromise on nuclear program: FO

Foreign Office spokesman says that Pakistan will never compromise on its nuclear program and will defend it on every forum.

In a weekly briefing of FO in Islamabad its spokesman Abdul Basit said that subjective policies of some international forces for Pakistan and India were putting negative effects on the stability and peace of South Asia. Pakistan doesn’t need any help for operation in its territory, FO added.

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Pakistan will never compromise on nuclear program was first posted on December 10, 2009 at 7:50 pm.