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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761964.html
U.S. Tells Abbas Aides It Won't Abandon Quartet Demands of PA
[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - Senior State Department officials informed envoys of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that the U.S. will not lift the economic siege on the PA and will not work with the planned unity government so long as it fails to meet the three conditions set for the Hamas regime by the international community: recognizing Israel, recognizing agreements previously signed by the PA and PLO, and renouncing violence. Abbas is scheduled to meet with President Bush on Wednesday in New York. EU foreign ministers agreed Friday to back the PA unity government, despite U.S. misgivings.