Ismail Haniyeh

     Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has ruled out setting up a separate Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip after his Islamists routed forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas In an interview with France’s Le Figaro daily published on Saturday: “No. Gaza belongs to all the Palestinian people and not just Hamas.” Also,"We reject the idea of separating the Palestinian territories between East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which are inseparable.”A crowd on Saturday looted the home of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, destroying one of the strongest symbols of the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip, witnesses and Fatah officials said. Fatah officials said the crowd took furniture, wall tiles and Arafat’s personal belongings.(14,56)