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Palestinians Condemn Abbas Meeting with Israeli Candidates
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Palestinian factions on Wednesday expressed outrage over a meeting on Tuesday between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and candidates for the upcoming Israeli Knesset elections including Noa Rothman, the granddaughter of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif Qanou said such "dubious meetings are a form of normalization and a poisoned dagger in the back of the Palestinian cause." The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said such meetings encourage Arabs and Muslims to continue "normalization encounters" with Israel and harm the efforts of the BDS movement to isolate Israel. Also denouncing the meeting were the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad.