The city of GAZA, Gaza - the leader of the militant Hamas in the Gaza Strip a Government condemned the United States Monday for the killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Prime Minister of the Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, said that operation marked "the continuation of oppression American." and the bloodshed of Muslims and Arabs
"Despite the difference in opinions and the agenda between us and them, we condemn the assassination of a Muslim and Arab Warrior and we pray to God that his soul rests in peace," Haniyeh told journalists in Gaza.
Palestinian Hamas activists insist that they have no connection with al-Qaeda and that their violent fight is only against Israel, not the West as a whole. Extremist groups in Gaza say they are inspired by al-Qaeda and world jihad and are considered rivals to Hamas.
Despite this, Palestinian leaders are often critical to the United States for what they see as his bias assassinated. The West Bank and the Gaza Strip were among the few places in the world where the public celebrations took place after the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11, 2001 at the United States.
Unlike Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority supported by Westerners, Salam Fayyad, congratulated the United States for the murder of Ben Laden.
"I consider this as a major milestone and mega marking the end of a person who was clearly involved in acts of terror and destruction." It would be a beginning of end of a very dark era, "he says.
The Palestinian Authority, which governs in the West Bank, is dominated by Fatah, which is set to sign a contract of unity with Hamas in Cairo on Wednesday. The plan aims to end a rift of four years which produced Governments competing in the West Bank and Gaza.
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