Netanyahu: Hamas-Fatah Deal is a ‘Blow to Peace’

“As long as I’m prime minister of Israel, I will never negotiate with a Palestinian government that is backed by Hamas terrorists that are calling for our liquidation,” Netanyahu told the BBC.

 

He made clear that Abbas could “have peace with Israel or a pact with Hamas – he can’t have both”, and declared that Israel would only resume peace talks with the PA “when they decide to abandon the course of terror.”

 

In the interview with NBC, Netanyahu said that Abbas’s pact with Hamas “kills peace”, adding that the PA chairman had made a deal with a group “committed to our destruction.”

 

“No go,” Netanyahu told the network. “I think the pact with Hamas kills peace. If it moves forward, it means…

 

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