State Dept: Hamas Does Not Have Role in Palestinian Government
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/382145/state-dept-hamas-does-not-have-role-palestinian-government-molly-wharton
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki says that the White House does not believe that Hamas plays a role in the Palestinian Authority's current government. The Palestinian Authority formed a new government on June 2, drawing no cabinet ministers from Hamas but gaining the Islamist militant group's backing for the PA's president, Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and does not recognize Israel, is identified as a terrorist organization by both Israel and the U.S. CNN reporter Elise Labott asked Psaki about the government's continued backing of the PA. "Now that the U.S. has, in effect, kind of accepted Read More ...
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/382145/state-dept-hamas-does-not-have-role-palestinian-government-molly-wharton
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki says that the White House does not believe that Hamas plays a role in the Palestinian Authority's current government. The Palestinian Authority formed a new government on June 2, drawing no cabinet ministers from Hamas but gaining the Islamist militant group's backing for the PA's president, Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and does not recognize Israel, is identified as a terrorist organization by both Israel and the U.S. CNN reporter Elise Labott asked Psaki about the government's continued backing of the PA. "Now that the U.S. has, in effect, kind of accepted Read More ...
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