Abbas comment after meeting with Haniyeh
(14 Jun 2006) SHOTLIST ++Night shots++ 1. Wide of police security 2. Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian Prime Minister getting out of car and entering meeting 3. Various of people arriving for meeting ++Interior shots++ 5. Wide of meeting 6. Mid of delegates sitting at table 7. Wide of Haniyeh and Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President sitting at far end of table 8. Mid of delegate 9. Mid of Haniyeh and Abbas pull out to wide of meeting 10. Pan of delegates at meeting table ++Night shots++ 11. Abbas leaving meeting premises, approaching microphones 12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President: "I wish we can reach national agreement, the committee discussed tonight how to continue the dialogue. We want to continue it with everybody, we want everyone to join it. We agreed tonight to discuss all issues in a week and this committee and members will start discussing the prisoners documents immediately." 13. Security outside building where meeting was held 14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President: "A while ago tonight, I spoke to the UN secretary general and with the secretary national of the Arab league and with other officials all over the world just to tell them: stop hurting us, stop hurting us. We want peace and they ( the Israelis) are going too far in randomly killing innocents and civilians." 15. Abbas, officials and security guards walking away from microphones 16. Abbas' motorcade leaving STORYLINE: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh agreed to start a weeklong series of meetings between their factions to try to reach agreement over a document negotiated by Palestinian prisoners in Israel, implicitly recognising the Jewish state. The agreement came after a meeting late on Tuesday in Gaza . After the talks, Abbas said, "We want to continue it with everybody, we want everyone to join it. We agreed tonight to discuss all issues in a week and this committee and members will start discussing the prisoners documents immediately." Hamas agreed to a dialogue but has so far rejected the plan, saying it implies recognition of the Jewish state Abbas planned to put the issue to a national referendum if Hamas does not accept the plan by July 26. Abbas also told reporters he had urged various leaders for help to stop the attacks against his people. "A while ago tonight, I spoke to the UN secretary general and with the secretary national of the Arab league and with other officials all over the world just to tell them: stop hurting us, stop hurting us. We want peace and they ( the Israelis) are going too far in randomly killing innocents and civilians," he said. Abbas' comments come after Israeli air strike against a top Palestinian rocket launcher and his accomplice killed eight members of a family including two children, while they held a picnic on a beach in Gaza. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
