03.04.2011                      28.Adar ll, 5771

Syrien und Hamas:

Syria protests must not compromise stand against Israel, says Hamas

Hamas releases statement expressing support for Syria's ruling hierarchy in group's first public reaction to Syrians' anti-government protests.

The Palestinian group Hamas sent its support on Saturday to Syria's ruling hierarchy and said unprecedented protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule must not compromise Syria's "rejectionist" stand against Israel.
In the first public reaction to protests demanding political freedoms and end to corruption in Syria, during which at least 60 people have been killed, the Iranian- and Syrian- backed Islamist group toed the official Syrian line, saying the stability of Syria was priority….