„Personally, Abu-Samra has no leading role in the Alliance, although his ‚Islamic Party‘ is a founder-member of the Alliance. The absence of the lawyer Magdy Salem – currently abroad to attend a conference – hampers communications with the party. We do not know where Abu-Samra would come up with a story like that.“

Fayyad appealed to the media to investigate the truthfulness of news about the Alliance before broadcasting them, stressing that this is not the first time certain media report Alliance news without referring to its recognized and well-known leaders.