"In an interview with Israeli military radio, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister, said the Palestinian deal had "crossed a red line" for Israel.
The comments come a day after Hamas and Fatah reached an initial unity deal in Cairo to end a four-year-old dispute that left Fatah controlling the West Bank and Hamas controlling Gaza. The Palestinians claim both territories for a future independent state.
The Egyptian-brokered deal, which took many by surprise, has revived hopes of ending bitter infighting that weakened the Palestinians politically and killed dozens in violent clashes and crackdowns." Al-Jazeera
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Israel does not want to make peace with the Palestinians except on the basis of the creation of a 'bantustan' that is neither a competitor economically nor a conceivable threat of any kind. In pursuit of that "end state" they want a Palestinian leadership that is compliant and "biddable" and that will not control the borders of its possible "state." Neither may such a "state" have any armed forces.
Hamas refuses to recognise Israel as a permanent feature of the Middle East. Hamas has indicated its willingness to conclude a religiously binding truce with Israel for ten years. Such truces are indefinitely renewable, but that is not good enough for Israel. They want Palesinian acknowledgement of the permanent loss of part of their national homeland.
Bottom Line: These will be no peace in the Holy Land.
Interestingly, the Egyptian military junta brokered this deal. They did it in the certain knowledge that Israel would not accept a relationship with the resulting Palestinian union. If the Egyptian Army did this, what will the elected government do about the peace treaty with Israel and the gas pipeline to Israel?
Guess. pl
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/201142817747522257.html
