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Clinton: U.S. won't deal with Hamas until it accepts our terms
By Haaretz Staff and Agencies
Tags: Palestinian, Jordan 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the United States would refuse to deal with or fund a Palestinian government that included Hamas unless it met three international conditions.

"We will not deal with nor in any way fund a Palestinian government that includes Hamas unless and until Hamas has renounced violence, recognized Israel and agrees to follow the previous obligations of the Palestinian Authority," Clinton told the House of Representatives foreign affairs committee.

Clinton also said the United States believed its decision to seek to engage Iran over its nuclear program and other issues would
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ncrease its leverage to impose sanctions if talks fail.

"We actually believe that by following the diplomatic path we are on, we gain credibility and influence with a number of nations who would have to participate in order to make the sanctions regime as tight and crippling as we would want it to be," Clinton told U.S. lawmakers.

Meanwhile, an aide to Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority leader would meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on May 28.

Abbas wants the U.S. to persuade the new Israeli government to accept a two-state solution - namely, separate Israeli and Palestinian states living alongside each other in peace, Nabil Abu Rudeineh said. Abbas also wants the U.S. to persuade Israel to halt its settlement construction, according to Rudeineh.

Israel's new hardline government has balked at supporting the creation of a Palestinian state, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he plans to keep building in settlements.

On Tuesday, Obama said he expected Israelis and Palestinians to make gestures of good faith within months to revive the languishing Mideast peace process.

The White House said Netanyahu would visit Washington in the next few weeks and that Obama planned to host Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, as well, for further talks on Middle East peace.

The United States is interested in promoting the peace process through a series of confidence-building gestures between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Arab states, a senior American official who declined to be named told Haaretz.

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      1.   A settlement freeze should be unilateral 06:30  |  Natallie Durson 22/04/09
      2.   We told ya... 07:20  |  BBSNews 22/04/09
      3.   Sorry Guys there is new man in DC 07:46  |  Jamshid 22/04/09
      4.   Fine start, so long as it does not end with gestures 07:59  |  Ivar 22/04/09
      5.   Resettlement. 08:03  |  Jean Van Daem 22/04/09
      6.   Gaza Disengagement was a pretty big gesture as I recall 09:12  |  Peter Williams 22/04/09
      7.   Palestinian Gestures? 09:29  |  Tom 22/04/09
      8.   I have a "gesture" for Obama 09:36  |  Jew 22/04/09
      9.   U.S.A. a Vassal State of the Arabs ! Mazel Tov ! 09:44  |  Yisrael 22/04/09
      10.   A ZIONIST PERSPECTIVE 09:53  |  Mikah 22/04/09
      11.   Nr 4 Resettlement 09:58  |  Koos 22/04/09
      12.   Big mistake, Obama. A gradual peace is no peace. 10:15  |  Michael 22/04/09
      13.   pushing 10:16  |  colin 22/04/09
      14.   Gza was not yours to "Gesture away" Mr Williams 10:20  |  Labhras 22/04/09
      15.   Tom - When was Last Attack . . . 10:28  |  Mark of Lewiston 22/04/09
      16.   for Jean Van DEam 10:47  |  Welshman 22/04/09
      17.   I agree with Michael, 12 11:42  |  Ivar 22/04/09
      18.   Freezing is a very preliminary step.... 12:14  |  Esther 22/04/09
      19.   I lived in Israel BEFORE 1967 with those old 12:23  |  Avram 22/04/09
      20.   To Tom 12:24  |  Sam Soul 22/04/09
      21.   Avram 12:54  |  Welshman 22/04/09
      22.   I would expect Obama to first demand of the Arabs to state, 13:27  |  Jehudah Ben-Israel 22/04/09
      23.   advice for fatah, this is all a big joke 13:27  |  abraham 22/04/09
      24.   First gesture: recognise our need for security 13:27  |  x-ray 22/04/09
      25.   There is a proper gesture for this proposal 14:13  |  Ilan 22/04/09
      26.   The UN, in 1947, called for the establishment of a Jewish state, 14:22  |  Jehudah 22/04/09
      27.   this is a good start but WHAT ABOUT HAMAS 14:38  |  richelle 22/04/09
      28.   No 14:- is Gaza a taste of the future? 14:45  |  richelle 22/04/09
      29.   OBAMA IS READY TO FIGHT THE LOBBY? 14:55  |  indrajaya 22/04/09
      30.   Obama does not enjoy support from his own public 16:30  |  just the facts 22/04/09
      31.   To Ilan 16:35  |  Sam Soul 22/04/09
      32.   To Mikah, No. 10 17:39  |  Jackie 22/04/09
      33.   # 26 Enough !!!! 18:07  |  jennifer 22/04/09
      34.   # 26 Enough !!!! 18:25  |  jennifer 22/04/09
      35.   History says! 18:42  |  rigma 22/04/09
      36.   To #10 who doesn`t give his name 18:56  |  Hilda 22/04/09
      37.   Real Security for Israel 19:22  |  gly 22/04/09
      38.   To # 26 - Jennifer 19:26  |  Alan 22/04/09
      39.   #30 Just the facts, your statements are untrue 19:43  |  xmen 22/04/09
      40.   Translation 20:03  |  Avi 22/04/09
      41.   #33 and Arafat renounced terrorism too! 20:04  |  Bonnie Durban 22/04/09
      42.   The never ending story. 20:07  |  Stephen. 22/04/09
      43.   Alan 20:11  |  jennifer 22/04/09
      44.   will israel renounce violence? 20:12  |  mike 22/04/09
      45.   Alan 20:58  |  jennifer 22/04/09
      46.   Its Time The Palestinians Start Showing Gestures Of Peace 21:28  |  Shepherd 22/04/09
      47.   More colonial arrogance from Clinton 21:41  |  JHoward 22/04/09
      48.   To # 6 21:51  |  Shelly 22/04/09
      49.   But she supports and Israeli govt with Liberman! 22:00  |  Secular 22/04/09
      50.   To shepherd, get off Palestinian backs and end occupation 22:02  |  Secular 22/04/09
      51.   jennifer,hamas says it won`t honor past agreement singed by the 22:04  |  blah blah blah jenny 22/04/09
      52.   jhoward,name one thing the palestinian people have done during 7 22:08  |  arrogance for real 22/04/09
      53.   Israel should also recognise Palestine! 22:15  |  Adam 22/04/09
      54.   Earth to Hilary 22:29  |  MMcS 22/04/09
      55.   Until the Saudis call Bill and Jimmy 22:46  |  Christopher 22/04/09
      56.   Unpursuasive remarks from Clinton 22:49  |  Natallie Durson 22/04/09
      57.   Jennifer 23:03  |  Alan 22/04/09
      58.   Hamas must meet international conditions, but Iran doesn`t! 23:25  |  Peter Williams 22/04/09
      59.   This is Hypocrisy at its finest! 00:13  |  Jeff M. 23/04/09
      60.   #15 Mark of Lewiston, facts are facts indeed 00:23  |  Mark B. 23/04/09
      61.   Trendy Racialism 00:44  |  A Moderate 23/04/09
      62.   10 Mikah 01:18  |  Jose Marcio 23/04/09
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      69.   US views 20:17  |  Concerned 25/04/09
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