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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					19/02/2011 &#8211; 09:50 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Dr. Ismail Radwan, a  Hamas leader, has charged that the US veto against a UN Security Council  resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity in the occupied  Palestinian land reflected absolute bias in favor of Israel.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said in a statement on Friday night  that the veto also constituted a slap in the face of the  Fatah-controlled authority in the West Bank that had wagered on the US.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He underlined that there was no more  excuse for de facto president Mahmoud Abbas to continue in the frivolous  settlement process.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">For his part, Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas  spokesman, described the American veto as &#8220;shameful&#8221;, adding that it  unmasked the American role that obstructs the international consensus on  illegitimacy of Israeli settlement activity in the occupied lands.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said in a press release on Saturday  that the veto was an American reward for the Israeli occupation&#8217;s crimes  and violations against the Palestinian people.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">&#8220;The US administration was never honest in its patronage of any settlement project or peace process,&#8221; Barhoum said.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He urged Abbas and his authority to end  all forms of negotiations with Israel and to solidify the internal  Palestinian front in face of challenges.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The US on Friday vetoed a UNSC resolution  to condemn Israeli settlement activity, which was approved by 14 members  out of the 15-member council.</p>
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