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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					12/02/2011 &#8211; 07:49 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">DAMASCUS, (PIC)&#8211; Hamas foreign  relations official Osama Hamdan said the resignation of once Egyptian  president Hosni Mubarak and relay of power to the military on Friday are  not only a historic turnover in Egypt, but for the Palestinian cause as  well.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">But the sudden political shift has angered  Fatah, a large recipient of support from Mubarak&#8217;s regime, despite the  joy that prevailed in the Palestinian street that night.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”Any positive developments on the regional  level will serve the Palestinian cause, and the opposite is true,”  Hamdan told the PIC Friday night. ”We hope the situation in coming days  will be better than now.”</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Egypt, the first Arab state to sign peace  accords with Israel in 1979, has played a key role in hampering Gaza&#8217;s  economy through a blockade imposed on its northern border with the tiny  enclave in cooperation with Israel.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”I believe the normal situation in Egypt  should be on the side of the choices of the Palestinians, namely in  resistance, liberation, and right of return,” Hamdan said.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Commenting on how the transition will  reflect on the future of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank,  Hamdan said: ”Abbas and his team of negotiators with Israel must  comprehend the lesson of the peoples&#8217; will to achieve freedom and stop  negotiations and undermining the national rights of the Palestinians and  begging to meet with Netanyahu.”</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Meanwhile, the announcement of Mubarak&#8217;s stepping down has angered the West Bank-ruling Fatah movement.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Our correspondent, citing officials inside  Fatah, said the Mubarak resignation has renewed authorities&#8217; concerns  of a repeat in Ramallah.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">PA security agencies had suppressed all activities staged in the West Bank to show solidarity with the Egyptians.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Palestinians in the West Bank began  congratulating each other over the success of the Egyptian revolution  via SMS in the same custom as during the holidays.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7vN0ELuWyI4i%2f4lX4pysTAGiSgBlxnB3ro%2b6yf1LzYxeGhB7sVOiZgqcwHuzv7SnKk5OPVsX1QlR1UEu7aojMyTcyCpds8Xe0zKOdXhiGfu4%3d">Hamdan: Mubarak resignation will aid Palestinian cause</a>.</p>
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