Israel, U.S. at odds over timing of disarming Palestinians

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Israel and the United States are in disagreement over when the Palestinian terror organizations should be disarmed.

Contrary to the Israeli stance, the U.S. administration has accepted the position of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that the right time to confront Hamas and its disarmament is after the Palestinian elections in January.

The U.S. believe Abu Mazen should first be allowed to deal with the chaos in the PA and the Fatah before the elections and not begin a forceful confrontation with Hamas now.

Haaretz