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Jonathan Steele— © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
KHAN YUNIS (GAZA): The main Palestinian resistance organisation, Hamas, will not attack Israeli settlers or Israeli forces supervising their pullout from Gaza, the group's leading intellectual promised on Sunday. ``In order to guarantee a smooth withdrawal and get civilised control over the vacated areas Hamas will never ask its members to attack,'' Salah al-Bardawil, the main columnist for the organisation's weekly paper, Al Risalat, said [to the Guardian]. The Israeli Government plans to send more than 40,000 police and troops to get the settlers and their hardline supporters out by the end of August, as well as to deter Palestinian militants from exploiting the possible chaos.
Sharon warning
The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has repeatedly warned that Israel will send troops into Palestinian areas if mortars or rockets are fired at the settlements. This could include invading Khan Yunis, one of Gaza's most crowded towns, which abuts Gush Katif, the biggest block of settlements. With barely a month left until evictions start, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas are deadlocked over how to manage the withdrawal. Hamas rejected an offer to join a unity government, saying Mr. Abbas should hold the national elections he has promised. Instead, Hamas suggested a short-term ``technical'' committee of representatives of all factions to handle the security and economic issues arising from the pullout, decide how to distribute the settlers' lucrative greenhouses, and work with foreign donors. In spite of the disagreement, Dr. Bardawil made it clear that Hamas would dissuade its militants from firing at settlers.
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