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The international community does not seem
to be listening to what Hamas is saying. Hamas is telling everyone not to
believe Abbas when he say that the Palestinian Unity Government will
renounce violence and recognize Israel's right to exist.
"The reconciliation will actually
consolidate the resistance ... from one intifada to another until the
liberation of Palestine." — Khaled Mashaal, leader of the Hamas
political bureau.
"Who is this crazy guy who would be
able to go to the resistance groups and ask them to hand over their
weapons?" — Mahmoud Zahhar, senior representative of Hamas.
Mahmoud
Abbas (left) and Khaled Mashaal. (Image source: Abbas - European Union /
Mashaal - Wikimedia Commons)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is busy these days
trying to persuade the West to accept his recent unity accord with Hamas.
Abbas is especially interested in winning the backing of the U.S.
and EU for the deal with the Islamist movement because his Palestinian
Authority is almost entirely dependent on American and European financial
aid.
Abbas's main argument is that the "reconciliation" deal
with Hamas, signed last month in the Gaza Strip, would not affect the
peace process with Israel.
Abbas was quoted as saying that there is "no
contradiction" between the unity deal and the peace talks with
Israel and that he remains committed to a "just peace on the basis
of a two-state solution in accordance with international
legitimacy."
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