16-02-2012 05:35 After Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed the Doha declaration in order to form a unity government between Fatah and Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Abbas that Palestinians must choose between “Peace with Hamas or peace with Israel.” The two Palestinian factions had come close to civil war when Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in 2007 and Fatah retained control of the West Bank. Now that they are reconciling, JN1 asked Israelis for their take on whether peace talks can proceed with a Palestinian unity government
RAMALLAH, West Bank — After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly warned would close the door to any future peace talks.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly warned would close the door to any future peace talks.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urge resumption of peace talks ‘without preconditions’ and insist on the acceptance of Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people
23-01-2012 05:50 Full text on.rt.com There is no alternative to peace talks when it comes to the situation in the Middle East, says president of the Palestinian Administration Mahmoud Abbas in his interview to RT. RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com
GAZA (Reuters) – The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas urged President Mahmoud Abbas Friday to suspend exploratory peace talks with Israel following Israel's arrest of two Hamas legislators, and to stop his cooperation on West Bank security with the Israelis. Hamas' Gaza Strip leader Ismail Haniyeh, recently back from a tour of Arab states, praised the rise of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood …
Israel has made no new proposals in meetings with Palestinians about the possibility of resuming formal peace talks, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday.
GAZA (Reuters) – The coming rise of Islamism in the Arab world will strengthen support for the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which will not give up its armed confrontation with Israel, senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar said Monday. If Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas bets on peace talks with Israel rather than reconciling his Fatah movement with Hamas, he will lose …
Representatives of the rival factions Fatah and Hamas are pursuing contrasting approaches to building support for the Palestinian cause, with Fatah engaged in apparently fruitless peace talks with Israel while Hamas’ leader pays visits to newly empowered Islamist governments across the region.
