August 12 Hamas will not disarm

Fri Aug 12, 4:13 AM ET
Top Hamas political leader Mahmoud al-Zahar shakes hands with a member of Hamas' armed wing during the wing's graduation ceremony in Gaza city August 12, 2005. Hamas militants said on Friday they would not disarm despite Israel's planned Gaza pullout so they could carry on pressing the Jewish state to withdraw from more occupied land. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem