Abbas say new Palestinian government will recognise Israel
By Susan Fay,WNS New York Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS - Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas told the UN General Assembly that any new Palestinian government will recognise Israel. "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. Abbas referred to letters exchanged by the late Palestinian and Israeli leaders, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin, in 1993, which contained historic mutual recognition statements. Abbas, who has been negotiating with the Hamas group over a national unity government, also said: "Any future government will commit to imposing security and order, to ending the phenomena of multiple militias, indiscipline and chaos, and to the rule of law."
Recognition of Israel and renunciation of violence have been among key conditions set by the international community -- led by the diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East -- to assist any Hamas-led government in the Palestinian territories. Hamas currently rejects both conditions. Hamas, which won landmark elections in January, and Fatah, the party led by Abbas, have agreed to set up a unity government, based on a national reconciliation document drawn up in June which implicitly recognises Israel. Hamas leaders say, however, the accord does not include recognition of Israel and Abbas froze negotiations with the rival group before leaving for the UN General Assembly where the Middle East peace process has come under a renewed spotlight.
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