"Indo-Israel Ties Should Not Be At The Expense Of Palestinians"
Saddled with running a bankrupt Palestinian Authority, the Hamas PM faces pressure from the Israeli President's call for a referendum on the right of Israel to exist alongside Palestine.
Palestinian prime minister
Ismail Haniyya
is an embattled figure: the world doesn't want to talk to him nor provide financial assistance until his party, Hamas, recognises the right of Israel to exist. Saddled with running a bankrupt Palestinian Authority, he also faces pressure from President Mahmoud Abbas' call for a referendum on the right of Israel to exist alongside Palestine.
Pinhas Inbari
met Haniyya in Gaza. Excerpts from an interview:
What can be India's role in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Do you have reservations on India's increasingly closer ties with Israel?
What's your position on the Kashmir issue? Do you find similarities between Kashmir and Palestine?
Does Islamic law allow a Jewish state in the Arab land?
Iranian president Ahmadinejad wants to wipe Israel off the map. What do you say?
What's your position on the two-state solution—Israel existing alongside an independent Palestine?
What do you mean by legitimate rights?
Europe and the us have stopped financing the Palestinian Authority. Do you fear it could go bankrupt?
But taxpayers in the US and Europe won't approve of their governments financing an entity (Hamas) that has in its charter the destruction of Israel. They at least expect Hamas to recognise Israel.
Are you prepared to provide a safe environment for Israel to effect a unilateral pullout?
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