PNA: Bush's call to dismantle hamas is call for palestinian civil war

"The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rejected Thursday US President Bush's call to dismantle Hamas and other anti-Israeli occupation groups, saying such an attempt would ignite a Palestinian civil war," PMC reported.

"The talk about dismantling factions is a flagrant call for a civil war that is rejected by the Palestinian people, the Palestinian Authority and by the factions, and it will never happen," said Ahmed Adel-Rahman, a senior aide to President Yasser Arafat, Reuters reported, a Palestinian Media Center report said today.