Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Israel Reacts: Palestinian Authority will allow Hamas Candidates to run in upcoming Parliamentary and Presidential Elections

Israel plans to work against the inclusion of Hamas candidates in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections that are due to be held within the next six months in the West Bank and Gaza. 
The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement in this regard on Monday following an emergency security cabinet meeting held hours after a swearing in ceremony for the newly united Fatah-Hamas interim government was held in Ramallah.
The security cabinet said that Israel would “act, including in the international arena, against the participation of terrorist organizations in elections.” 
It stressed that Israel would not negotiate with the Palestinians as long as Hamas was part of the Palestinian government. It noted that the government had already voted on April 24th to suspend these talks and that this decision still held.
“The State of Israel will not conduct diplomatic negotiations with a Palestinian government that backed by Hamas, a terrorist organization that calls for the destruction of Israel,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said. 
"Today, Abu Mazen [PA President Mahmoud Abbas] said yes to terrorism and no to peace. This is the direct continuation of Abu Mazen's policy of refusing peace,” Netanyahu said.
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