A senior Hamas official has said that the terror organisation will not take the blame if the latest round of Middle East peace talks collapses – despite having perpetrated two attacks on Israeli civilians in two days.
Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar denied that the murders of four people, including a pregnant woman, had been timed to coincide with the start of the first direct peace talks in nearly two years.
He said: “When people have an opportunity, as well as the capabilities and targets, they act.”
He added: “We will not bear responsibility for failure of faulty negotiations.”
