Cheney voices doubts on Hamas-Fatah reconciliation

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday he did not believe Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would agree to reconcile with Hamas until the Islamist group gave up control of the Gaza Strip.

He was speaking to reporters in Jerusalem, a day after representatives of Abbas's Fatah faction and Hamas issued a declaration in Sanaa agreeing to resume dialogue under a Yemeni fence-mending initiative.

"My conclusion from talking with the Palestinian leadership is that they have established preconditions which would have to be fulfilled before they would ever agree to a reconciliation, including a complete reversal of the Hamas takeover of Gaza," Cheney said.

Cheney, on a three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories to try to push Israeli-Palestinian peace talks forward, met Abbas in the occupied West Bank on Monday shortly after the declaration was issued in the Yemeni capital.



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[MessiahRp]

1. There shall not be peace while I am alive!

"Now", as he leaned over to whisper into the ears of our Israeli friends, "let me tell you of a way to strike your Palestinian enemies while having them greet you with flowers and candies!"

-Rp

[eringer]

2. Time to Revoke Cheney's Passport!

Enough is enough.

[bemildred]

3. Anything Cheney opposes must be a good idea. nt