Abu Marzouk: We rejected the Israeli conditions for a prisoner-exchange deal

DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Deputy political bureau chairman  of Hamas Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk has said that his  movement had rejected the “unjust offer” tabled by  the German "mediator" on the prisoners’ exchange  deal because he bowed to Israeli occupation conditions. He told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper  published on Monday that Gerhard Conrad adopted  the Israeli occupation government’s conditions, which  he described as “unjust and unfair”. He added that the Israeli occupation stringent position  is understood but for the German middleman to adopt  such a position it is “unacceptable”. Abu Marzouk stressed that there would be no return to  the German mediator because he did not assume his  role properly and failed. The Hamas leader said that the prisoners’ exchange deal was now in the hands of Egypt, highlighting that  his movement was interested in concluding the deal but  in accordance with national, honorable conditions. Meanwhile, an unidentified Egyptian source told the  same paper that Israel should display “positive  stands”. He held the Israeli government responsible  for not concluding the exchange deal, adding that  Tel Aviv should be more flexible and not to table extremist  positions, which it knows in advance would not be accepted by Hamas. Source:palestine-info.co.uk