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GAZA, Oct 5 (KUNA) -- Hamas has called on the Palestinian National
Authority (PNA) to withdraw from the current peace negotiations with Israel
following recent negative remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu..
Hamas Spokesman Samie Abu Zahra said in a statement: "Following Netanyahu's
announcement that progress in negotiation is zero, the PNA should pull out of
negotiations and seek inter-Palestinian national unity instead."
To attain this goal, he said, the reconciliation deal should be put in
place and a consensual strategy be set out in order to respond to Israeli
recalcitrance and crimes.
The Israeli prime minister said earlier on Friday that progress in peace
negotiations with the Palestinian side was zero.
He was quoted as claiming that he was ready to offer concessions, but the
problem was that the Palestinian side declined to recognize Israel as a Jewish
state. (end)
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