ABU DHABI History will be a harsh judge of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat if he counts on Israel to keep its word in any peace accord, the spiritual guide of Hamas warned on Monday. I say that the court of history will not be merciful, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, the guide and founder of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, told the United Arab Emirates weekly Al-Shuruq. I tell Abu Ammar (Arafat): return to your people and to the resistance ...

be sure that the Jews are dishonest and liars, he said. Sheikh Yassin said Arafat, who shares a Nobel Peace Prize with assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and former Premier Shimon Peres, should not expect any results from peace talks with Israel. (AFP)