Israel slams Palestinian reconciliation deal
Friday, 29 April 2011
JERUSALEM, Apr 28 (AFP): Israeli officials Thursday slammed a Palestinian unity deal, warning they would not talk with a Hamas government and that Israel could take an array of measures against the Palestinian Authority.
Hawkish Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned that the Jewish state would never accept a Hamas government, while a centrist politician said Israel should quickly offer a peace plan before the international community decided to recognise the Islamist group.