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Thursday, March 11, 2010 23:08

MEMO Update

British journalist, Paul Martin, has been released by the Hamas government. MEMO has been informed of Martin's release by the Ministry of Justice in Gaza early today, Thursday 11 2010.
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Isn't it time for America to re-evaluate its "special relationship" with Israel?

A mere eleven minutes after Israel declared its independence in 1948, US President Harry Truman recognised the newly created state.
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Turkey's PM: "No result from Abbas negotiations without Hamas"
Riyadh

Negotiations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority "will not bring results", Turkey's Prime Minister has said. Mr. Rajab Tayeb Erdogan made his statement during a visit to Saudi Arabia. He said that the sole participation of the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas without any input from the Islamic resistance Movement (Hamas) in negotiations with the Zionist side will be fruitless.

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Monday, 08 February 2010 19:15

Poll result shows that "the majority of Palestinians oppose the resumption of negotiations without the pre-conditions"
Sama Poll An independent Palestinian news agency says that the majority of Palestinians are opposed to any resumption of negotiations with the Israelis without pre-conditions. According to a poll conducted by Sama on its website, 836 out of 1356 participants, 62%, said they oppose the resumption of indirect negotiations, as is now proposed, without any pre-conditions set by the Palestinians. Of those who took part, 486 (36%) supported unconditional negotiations, with 34 (2%) saying, "I don't know".

Sama claims that although some of the participants in the poll live in other parts of the world, most live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 45.6% and 32.6% respectively.

Source: Sama