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Olmert: Israel won’t negotiate with Hamas
Militant group quiet after landslide victory in Palestinian elections
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said major mediating powers Thursday agreed Hamas should renounce violence.
"We reaffirmed the view that ... you can’t have one foot in terror and the other in politics," Rice told Reuters in an interview after senior officials from the so-called Quartet -- Russia, the United Nations, the European Union and the United States -- spoke by phone.
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"A two-state solution to the conflict requires all participants in the democratic process to renounce violence and terror, accept Israel’s right to exist, and disarm," the statement said.
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NOTE:
Let's not read too much between the lines, the dots, or the paragraphs, but the bold I added and that punctuation could be a stretch. But that is only all the more room to work between the lines.
These brief comments are made without a thorough read of the last few links in this area. Not that any closer read would get any closer to a reality that needs more work and punctuation anyway, but I will try to get back to them unless things unfold too fast.
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