Hamas: Obama does not represent change

Hamas says President Barack Obama's position toward the Palestinians does not represent change

and will lead to the same mistakes as his predecessor.

Thursday's comments by Beirut-based Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan follow Obama's first public comments on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis since his inauguration. Hamdan tells Al-Jazeera television he expects Obama to experience failure in the region over the next four years if he sticks with his current position. (AP)