Arab League Chief Nabil al-Arabi (L) greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who waves to the media, before attending an Arab Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo April 9, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih
Palestinian Unity Government Will Recognize Israel: Abbas -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signaled on Saturday that he remains committed to troubled U.S.-backed peace talks, saying that any unity government agreed with the militant group Hamas would recognize Israel.
Abbas's comments appeared aimed at soothing U.S. concerns about the unity deal he reached on Wednesday with Hamas, an Islamist faction sworn to Israel's destruction and designated by the West as a terrorist organization.
Israel suspended peace negotiations with Abbas after the reconciliation pact, and the United States said it would reconsider annual aid to the Palestinians worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Update #1: Palestinian unity government will recognize Israel: Abbas -- Al Jazeera
Update #2: Palestinians will never recognise Israel as ‘Jewish state’: Abbas -- Nation.pk
My Comment: The devil is always in the details .... and in this case the detail is recognizing Israel as a 'Jewish state".