Hamas and islamic jihad affiliating to PLO

Hamas and islamic jihad affiliating to PLO - Hamas and Islamic Jihad have joined the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in the international arena. Founded in 1964, the PLO has observer status at the United Nations and made up of ten members of the Fatah movement became a major political force. Throughout his 24 year history, Hamas has refused to join the organization or acknowledge and its international status. The leaders of the Palestinian political groups, including Hamas and Fatah, agreed on Thursday to take part in the ' activate ' and reconstruct the PLO.

' We are now in the national dialogue, '' said Islamic Jihad leader Khaled Al-Batsh Ma'an. ' We are in the framework of the interim leadership, which will handle the restructuring of the PLO, and we expect to be successful, ' she continued. the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), a political movement in defense of social democracy and secularism and confessed himself as a third force opposed to Fatah and Hamas democracy, also join the PLO. PNI Mustafa Barghouthi calls the head it was a historic day in the life of the Palestinian people with the development of national leadership.

Israel denounced the move as one more obstacle in the peace process. Mark Regev, spokesman for the Prime Minister of Israel, said that if Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas embrace Hamas means she walked away from peace.