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Nov202009
Palestine: Abbas Claims Secret Israeli Talks with Hamas
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In an interview with the Arabic service of the BBC in Arabic, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of conducting secret talks with Hamas, allegedly on the issue of a Palestinian state with temporary borders. Abbas also repeated that Jerusalem wasn't truly interested in peace and added that "Washington isn't pushing Israel enough to advance the peace process".
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum's responsded, "The things that Abu Mazen [Abbas] is talking about never happened. We don't negotiate with the enemy." Barhoum accused Abbas of "putting his personal political failure on Hamas."
Meanwhile, Fox News reports that Israeli officials have come close to a deal with Hamas on the swap of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit and Palestinian detainees. While Israeli officials have not responded to 70 new names submitted by Hamas, in addition to the release of 380 prisoners that has already been agreed, sources claim that a settlement is close.
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In an interview with the Arabic service of the BBC in Arabic, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of conducting secret talks with Hamas, allegedly on the issue of a Palestinian state with temporary borders. Abbas also repeated that Jerusalem wasn't truly interested in peace and added that "Washington isn't pushing Israel enough to advance the peace process".Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum's responsded, "The things that Abu Mazen [Abbas] is talking about never happened. We don't negotiate with the enemy." Barhoum accused Abbas of "putting his personal political failure on Hamas."
Meanwhile, Fox News reports that Israeli officials have come close to a deal with Hamas on the swap of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit and Palestinian detainees. While Israeli officials have not responded to 70 new names submitted by Hamas, in addition to the release of 380 prisoners that has already been agreed, sources claim that a settlement is close.