Hamas(?!) invited to form
Palestinian government
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has announced that he will ask Islamic militant group Hamas to form a new government after its election victory.
Branded a terrorist organisation by Israel, the US and the EU, Hamas is seen by its supporters as a legitimate fighting force defending Palestinians from a brutal military occupation.
Although the world reaction has been of degrees of surpise, shock, concern and tenative support, of the limited sources I've polled I think Shimon Peres has best summed up the Israeli position:
"I think it is first of all a problem for the Palestinian people, not for Israel because Hamas is for a unilateral war not for a unilateral peace or withdrawal.
We shall not change our position. If Hamas doesn't want peace, doesn't want negotiations, if they want to continue their terrorist activities I don't think they will have any support from outside or from Israel."
Branded a terrorist organisation by Israel, the US and the EU, Hamas is seen by its supporters as a legitimate fighting force defending Palestinians from a brutal military occupation.
Although the world reaction has been of degrees of surpise, shock, concern and tenative support, of the limited sources I've polled I think Shimon Peres has best summed up the Israeli position:
"I think it is first of all a problem for the Palestinian people, not for Israel because Hamas is for a unilateral war not for a unilateral peace or withdrawal.
We shall not change our position. If Hamas doesn't want peace, doesn't want negotiations, if they want to continue their terrorist activities I don't think they will have any support from outside or from Israel."
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