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Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27137070
Skepticism over Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Deal
(BBC News) Yolande Knell - Previous reconciliation deals between Hamas and Fatah announced amid much fanfare in Cairo in 2011 and Doha in 2012 were never implemented. Inevitably, that means there is caution and skepticism about the latest announcement of a Palestinian unity government. Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said: "This is a move by President Abbas away from peace, away from reconciliation....He's embracing extremists who not only Israel but the international community has called a terrorist organization. We will not talk to a government that has in it people who say my country should be destroyed. Hamas says clearly that Israel should be obliterated."