Hamas makes it clear that they aren’t going to play ball. From the Washington Post:
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb. 18 — The radical Islamic group Hamas took control of the Palestinian parliament Saturday during a somber swearing-in ceremony, and legislators from the new majority quickly made clear that they would not abide by signed agreements that recognize Israel’s right to exist.
In a speech to the new 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council, the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, staunchly defended past agreements with Israel, including the 1993 Oslo accords that created the Palestinian Authority and legislature that Hamas entered Saturday. Abbas, the Palestinian Authority’s president, called for the immediate renewal of negotiations with the goal of establishing an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, declaring, “There is a Palestinian partner” for such talks.
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Fatah officials reiterated their position Saturday that they would not join a Hamas cabinet, saying their secular-nationalist program, which includes negotiations with Israel, is at odds with Hamas’s political vision. Many of them have also said that Hamas should be left to suffer the political consequences alone as it tries to govern the occupied territories.
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