ABBAS CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS, SO WHO CAN REASONABLY EXPECT ISRAELIS TO!?

YAHOO :

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he will call a referendum on a plan implicitly recognizing Israel after he failed to persuade Hamas to agree to the idea.

The Islamic militant Hamas, which heads the Palestinian government, strongly opposes a referendum. "President Abbas will set a date for the referendum after the meeting Tuesday of the PLO Executive Committee and parliamentary caucuses," his office said in a statement.

Abbas had set a midnight deadline for agreement. But a participant in late-night talks with Palestinian factions said the president determined they had failed an hour before that.

... The Palestinian infighting has turned deadly in recent weeks. Sixteen people have died in clashes between Hamas and Fatah loyalists, including five killed on Sunday. Five Palestinians were wounded in two clashes in the southern city of Khan Younis on Monday, security officials said. Hamas has stuck to its tough line on Israel despite the crushing international boycott, which has left the government unable to pay the salaries of tens of thousands of civil servants for three months.

If Hamas and Fatah cannot strike a deal - but instead resort to murdering each other in the streets, then how can Israel EVER make a deal with them?! OBVIOUSLY THEY CANNOT. WHICH IS WHY A UNILATERAL ARRANGEMENT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO FORWARD. KADIMA.

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