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RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a unity government on Monday after overcoming a last-minute dispute with the Hamas Islamist group. Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh welcomes the 'historic step'; Abbas says new government will fight any Israeli punitive measures against the PA.
originally posted by: RocksFromSpace
Palestinians swear in unity government ..Go Palestine, way to take positive steps to peace and prosperity. I can hear Israel whining already.
RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a unity government on Monday after overcoming a last-minute dispute with the Hamas Islamist group. Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh welcomes the 'historic step'; Abbas says new government will fight any Israeli punitive measures against the PA.
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Netanyahu says world governments shouldn't recognize Palestinian government (Newsdaily) World governments should not rush to approve the new Palestinian government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday after the Palestinians accused Israel of looking to punish them over a unity deal. "I call on all responsible elements within the international community not to hurry to recognise the Palestinian government that Hamas is part of, and which relies on Hamas," Netanyahu told ministers at the weekly cabinet meeting, saying it would "strengthen terror".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday after the Palestinians accused Israel of looking to punish them over a unity deal.
Israel should annex Area C of the West Bank in response to Monday’s swearing in ceremony of a unified Fatah-Hamas government made up of “terrorists in suits,” Economic Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett said. “The sovereignty program that I proposed is the only available option today, to the Palestinian rejection of peace [with Israel] and to the refusal of the [Israeli] left this solution,” Bennett said.