Jerusalem (CNN)
Bassam Eid, a Palestinian human rights activist, spoke at the press conference about what he described as the damage the Iranian government has done to the Palestinian cause. "The Iranians right now are trying to put their effort s to make two important things fail among the Palestinians," he said. "The first one is the deal of exchanging prisoners between the abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and the Palestinian prisoners." He than went on to accuse Iran of sabotaging Palestinian unity. " Iran will never, ever, allow anybody from the Hamas government (in Gaza) to reach any kind of reconciliation with Fatah," he said, referring to the party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who rules in the West Bank but not in Gaza where Hamas is in control, with the support of Iran. Read more: http://links.assetize.com/links/7eb435
