Hamas says it accepts reconciliation demands, backs Abbas into a corner

Published: 18 September 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Hamas says it will agree to PA conditions on forming joint government and holding elections. Refusal of Abbas to lift all the sanctions he imposed on the strip would portray him in a negative light, especially vis-à-vis Egypt.

Hamas’s sudden pragmatism is a mixed blessing for Abbas (Times of Israel)
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Using an extended hand of ‘peace’, Hamas backs Abbas into a corner (Ynetnews)
Analysis: In its decision to dismantle Gaza’s administrative committee, Hamas has moved the ball into Abbas’s court. A refusal to lift all the sanctions he imposed on the strip five months ago would portray the Palestinian President in a very negative light, especially vis-à-vis Egypt (Sep 17)

Hamas says it accepts Abbas’s reconciliation demands (Times of Israel)
Gaza-based terror group says it will agree to Palestinian Authority conditions on forming joint government and holding elections (Sep 17)

Photo: Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in 2011 (Hatem Moussa / ASSOCIATED PRESS)