Hamas says PA engaging in 'misinformation' over mini-state proposal

Hamas issued a sharp criticism of the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday after President Mahmoud Abbas's office suggested that Hamas was entertaining proposals for a so-called Palestinian mini-state. 

“There are no such proposals except in the imagination of some influential people in the Authority aiming to distort the movement’s image, after the achievements it has made in thwarting displacement projects, forcing the Zionist enemy to stop its aggression, and achieving an honourable exchange deal," Hamas said in a statement. 

The PA warned Hamas not to get involved in “potential American and regional proposals for the establishment of a mini-Palestinian state and an extensive land exchange with Israel”.

Hamas said the Palestinian Authority was engaged in a "campaign of distortion and misinformation".