International scene: Israel-Palestine | Just Security

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[A] senior U.S. official said today that the U.S. would have to reconsider its assistance to the Palestinians if the Palestinian Liberation Organization forms a government together with Hamas, which the U.S. lists as a terrorist organization.

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By Ruchi Parekh | April 24, 2014

Rival Palestinian groups, Fatah and Hamas have concluded “a milestone reconciliation pact,” under which the groups will “form a national consensus government in five weeks—after seven years of operating under separate administrations” [Al Jazeera]. Following the announcement, Israel cancelled a negotiating session with Palestine scheduled for last night, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that “whoever chooses Hamas does not want peace.” The New York Times (Jodi Rudoren and Michael R. Gordon), Wall Street Journal (Ahmed Abuhamda and Nicholas Casey) and Washington Post (Ruth Eglash and Anne Gearan) have more details.

State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said the deal “could seriously complicate” peace efforts and that the announcement “raises concerns about our efforts to extend the negotiations.” Psaki also said that any Palestinian reconciliation agreement “must unambiguously and explicitly commit to nonviolence, recognition of the state of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations between the parties.”

And a senior U.S. official said today that the U.S. would have to reconsider its assistance to the Palestinians if the Palestinian Liberation Organization forms a government together with Hamas, which the U.S. lists as a terrorist organization [Reuters].

Meanwhile, Haaretz (Barak Ravid) is reporting that according to Israeli Foreign Ministry intelligence, “Palestinian reconciliation is far from implementation … [and] that the gaps between Hamas and Fatah are still far too wide.”


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