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September 21, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/

Quartet Approves PA Government with Hamas

[Jerusalem Post] Nathan Guttman - The international Quartet (the UN, U.S., EU, and Russia) declared its support on Wednesday for PA Chairman Abbas' efforts to form a unity government with Hamas. It was the first time the U.S. had supported the idea of a Palestinian government that included Hamas. The Quartet said it hoped the new PA unity government would recognize Israel, renounce terrorism, and accept previously signed agreements, but did not set these three principles as a condition for its acceptance of the new proposed government. Israeli diplomats were surprised by U.S. support for a Hamas-Fatah government. Senior sources in Jerusalem said Israel would not recognize Hamas, nor any organization of which Hamas was a member.

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