GAZA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP) Monday urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop meetings with
Israeli leaders.
"We want a clear and frank announcement from President Abu Mazen (Abbas)
that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)leadership and the Palestinian
National Authority (PNA) will suspend all contacts with the Israeli leadership,"
the group said in a statement.
"Calling off all the scheduled meetings with Israeli officials is the best
reaction to the Israeli imposing of collective punishment on our people in
Gaza," the statement said.
The call came one day after Israeli fuel companies had reportedly started
to execute an Israeli plan to reduce fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip in response
to intensified rockets attacks on Israel.
The Israeli and Palestinian negotiation teams have been holding talks to
prepare for a mutual participation in a U.S.-sponsored peace conference slated
for later this year.
"There is no sense to keep waiting a political settlement with any enemy
collectively punishing our people," the statement added.
The PFLP also urged the Islamic Resistance Movement(Hamas) to give up
control of Gaza Strip and hand over the PNA security facilities in the Gaza
Strip to President Mahmoud Abbas "in order to resume a national dialogue to
reunite our people."
