Netanyahu to Abbas: You can't have peace with both Israel and Hamas

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that reconciliation between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas could spell the end of the peace process, after an aide to Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian president would be willing to give up U.S. aid if needed to secure unity with the rival faction.

"You can't have peace with both Israel and Hamas," Netanyahu said. "Choose peace with Israel."

Abbas is making a heavy push for reconciliation with Hamas, and a senior adviser said Monday that he was prepared to give up hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid if that was what it takes to forge a Palestinian unity deal.

"Of course we need the American money. But if they use it as a way of pressuring us, we are ready to relinquish that aid," said adviser Azzam Ahmed.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-to-abbas-you-can-t-have-peace-with-both-israel-and-hamas-1.352404

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1. What peace process?

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2. Indeed. I think Nuttyahoo equates "not fighting right now" with "peace process".

If you are not presently conducting military operations, that's the peace process.

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3. Permanent warfare state.