September 21, 2006
FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD:
Abbas tells UN new Palestinian government will recognise Israel (AFP, 9/21/06)
Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that any new Palestinian government would recognise Israel.Posted by Orrin Judd at September 21, 2006 9:21 PM"I would like to reaffirm that any future Palestinian government will commit to all the agreements that the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority have committed to," he said in a speech to the assembly.
Comments
He should have checked with the boss.
Hamas, the Islamic militant group which currently runs the Palestinian territories, responded that there was no way that it would recognise Israel but that it would consent to a ten-year truce with the Jewish state.Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at September 22, 2006 8:52 AM
The voters are the boss, which is why Hamas is, predictably, folding.
Posted by: oj at September 22, 2006 10:01 AM