Surprise Palestinian unity deal challenges Israel

[RandomGuy]

Of all the headlines I might have thought to read, this one was not too far above "Israelis and Palestinians set aside differences and sing kumbayah"

Looks like the events in the middle east are having effects on its emblematic perennial crisis as well.

Now we get to see just how disengenuine the Israeli government is about making peace, IMO.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Thursday a Palestinian unity deal would sabotage prospects for peace and stemmed from panic by Hamas and Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas over popular uprisings in Syria and Egypt.

The surprise reconciliation between the Islamist group that runs Gaza and Abbas's Fatah movement that exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank presented a new challenge for Israel as it mounts a diplomatic drive against a Palestinian campaign to win U.N. recognition of statehood ambitions in September.

"The agreement between Fatah and the terror organization Hamas is a fatal mistake that will prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state and will sabotage chances of peace and stability in the region," Israeli President Shimon Peres said.

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Abbas said Palestinian unity is vital.

"Dislike, agree or disagree (with Hamas) -- they're our people. You, Mr Netanyahu (are) our partner," Abbas, speaking in English, told Israeli peace activists who met him.

Israeli leaders have said they cannot talk to Hamas, which has spurned Western demands to renounce violence, recognize Israel and accept existing interim peace agreements.

"This (unity) deal ... stems from panic -- a huge panic," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Army Radio, a view echoed by Defense Minister Ehud Barak in a separate interview.

"(Hamas leader) Khaled Meshaal, sitting in Damascus, sees his patron President (Bashar) al-Assad shooting up mosques, tanks firing deliberately (at civilians), and understands the ground is burning under him," the far-right minister said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_palestinians_israel

It seems that both sides were leaning on their own particular dictators and can't do that anymore.

[Winehole23]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ontent=2276957

[Winehole23]

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[cheguevara]

LOL who said Israel wants peace?

the Israeli ppl might. But just like their american counterparts, their leaders profit from war.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

LOL who said Israel wants peace?

the Israeli ppl might. But just like their american counterparts, their leaders profit from war.

mother ing cosigned sons