Hamas: Netanyahu emerged triumphant from summit with Obama, Abbas

[Chris]

Hamas: Netanyahu emerged triumphant from summit with Obama, Abbas
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and The Associated Press

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged as the winner following President Barack Obama's call for a renewal of Israeli-Palestinian talks "without preconditions," Hamas charged on Thursday. The Palestinian Islamist group criticized Obama's call for a resumption of Mideast peace talks without preconditions - a move seen by some Palestinians as backpedaling from the American president's earlier demand for a freeze on Israeli settlement construction.

Hamas, whose political leadership is exiled in Syria, said the meeting with Obama that brought together Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in New York on Tuesday reasserted the U.S. administration's bias in favor of "the Zionist occupation," at the expense of Palestinian national rights. Hamas said Netanyahu emerged as the triumphant and major beneficiary of the three-way meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. "Obama has outrageously gone back on his previous stand," said a statement from Hamas, which was faxed to The Associated Press.

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[Chris]

I think Netanyahu won, too. Obama didn't make a score and Abbas couldn't gain any ground. The whole Middle East peace deal is stalled with no evidence that it will move forward right now.

[open door]

I think Netanyahu won, too. Obama didn't make a score and Abbas couldn't gain any ground. The whole Middle East peace deal is stalled with no evidence that it will move forward right now.

It can't move forward, as long as Israel demands that the world recognize their right to exist.. Praying for you, Israel!