Hamas Lobbies Arab Nations to Avoid Bush Summit

Hamas wants Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations to refuse to attend U.S. President George W. Bush’s Mideast peace summit in November. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hamas expressed fear that the conference would be "a new door for capitulation to be offered by the negotiators." It said, "We urge our Arab brothers not to go down this dark tunnel, and we appeal especially to Saudi Arabia not to participate in this conference."