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Hamas PM on Arab summit, US policy towards Palestinians

(28 Mar 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh sitting in his office 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas Prime Minister "Our people would judge the success or failure of the summit in Damascus on how seriously it deals with the lifting of the siege on Gaza and easing the suffering of our people in the West Bank and protecting the occupied Jerusalem." 3. Cutaway of journalist 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas Prime Minister: "It is no secret that the Israeli and the US interventions seek to again cause internal Palestinian disputes and attempts at vetoing any Palestinian negotiations to reconciliation, so we hope that the Arab League will not allow any external foreign interference in internal Palestinian matters. On our part, we are ready for all the demands to achieve the national unity and to deal together with all the real reasons that led to the internal Palestinian conflict." 5. Cutaway of cameramen 6. Haniyeh leaving office STORYLINE Gaza's Hamas rulers on Friday called on the leaders of Arab nations to drop their proposal for a comprehensive peace deal with Israel and support the militant group's battle against Israel instead. Hamas has not been invited to the summit hosted by Syria, its closest ally in the region. The Saudi-sponsored peace initiative, first floated in 2002, offers Israel peace with all Arab countries in return for withdrawal from all the lands it captured in the 1967 war, the creation of a Palestinian state with a Jerusalem as its capital and a solution to the refugee issue. Israel has rejected the initiative in the past, but has recently spoken favourably of it. In a televised speech to the summit, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh urged Arab leaders to endorse a Yemeni initiative to reconcile the Hamas and its Fatah rival despite what he said were American and Israeli objections. "We hope you don't allow any external interference in the way of reconciliation," he said, adding: "Our people would judge the success or failure of the summit in Damascus on how seriously it deals with the lifting of the siege on Gaza." Jordan, Iraq and Yemen, along with Egypt and Saudi Arabia, have announced that their top leaders will not attend this weekend's summit. The annual summit is frequently plagued by no-shows. But this year, pro-US nations are deeply embittered with hard-line Syria, over its meddling in Lebanese affairs and support of Palestinian Islamic militant groups. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...