Netanyahu: Abbas-Hamas deal makes peace impossible
Israeli Prime Minister said Monday, Feb. 5, that it will be impossible to hold peace talks if Palestinians go through with Monday's announced reconciliation deal with Hamas. Photo Credit:AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has chosen to "abandon the way of peace" by reaching a power-sharing deal with the Hamas militant group.
Israel and the Palestinians last month held their first peace talks in more than a year. Without any breakthroughs, Abbas has not decided whether to continue those talks.
Israel considers Hamas a terrorist group. In a statement Monday, Netanyahu said: "It is either peace with Hamas or peace with Israel. You can't have them both." ...
The main Palestinian political rivals took a major step Monday toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
The agreement, brokered by Qatar, was signed by Abbas and Khaled Mashaal, chief of the Islamic militant Hamas.
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