Netanyahu: Fatah-Hamas deal will end diplomatic process

**Chris** · February-6th-2012, 07:38 PM

Netanyahu: Fatah-Hamas deal will end diplomatic process
By HERB KEINON 02/06/2012 23:08
Israel wants world to pressure Abbas not to sign with Hamas; PM says if Abbas moves to implement Palestinian reconciliation deal signed in Qatar, he will "abandon path of peace."
PRIME MINISTER Binyamin Netanyahu By Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu blasted the emerging reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah on Monday, sending a clear message to the international community that if it is consummated, the Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic process is over. One reason for Netanyahu’s sharp response to reports of a deal – he made it a point to make his remarks both in Hebrew and in English – was to get the international community to pressure Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas not to implement it, one government official acknowledged.

“Anyone in the international community concerned about the peace process should be intervening now with the Palestinians to prevent the consummation of this marriage,” the official said. The agreement, reached between Fatah and Hamas under the auspices of Qatar, calls for Abbas to serve as an interim prime minister of a Palestinian unity government made up of independent figures.

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**Chris** · February-6th-2012, 07:57 PM

Netanyahu: PA President must choose between peace with Israel and peace with Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister criticizes deal reached between Hamas and Fatah, according to which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head a unity caretaker cabinet.
By Barak Ravid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized on Monday the agreement reached between Hamas and Fatah, according to which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head a unity caretaker cabinet. "Hamas is a terrorist organization that wants to destroy Israel and is supported by Iran," Netanyahu said at a Likud meeting. "Israel had made great efforts to advance the peace process. If Abbas realizes what was signed in Doha it shows that he is choosing to abandon the path of peace and join with Hamas, without Hamas accepting the minimal conditions of the international community."

Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshal said in a joint announcement on Monday that the unity cabinet could pave the way for a long-sought-after reconciliation between the rival factions. "We are serious, both Fatah and Hamas, in healing the wounds and ending the chapter of division and reinforcing and accomplishing reconciliation," Meshal said in remarks televised live by Al Jazeera from Qatar.

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**ray neukirch** · February-6th-2012, 08:04 PM

The Arab people living in Israel at this time are for the most part, happy or at least content. Only those living outside the Holy Land seem to find objection to the current policy of growth and expansion on traditional lands. The PA and those involved in objecting to Israels claims should be dismissed. Ishmael's get should be more than happy with what our Lord left to them. Ah, let us just pray.