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Palestinian Threats to Arab Normalization with Israel
by Khaled Abu Toameh
November 7, 2018

…In other words, Hamas is implying that any Arab leader who establishes relations with Israel will be seen as a traitor to the Palestinians and their cause. [Hamas leader Ismail] Haniyeh is brutally honest as to why he and Hamas oppose any form of normalization with Israel; it is because they believe there’s “no room” for Israel on the map. In their eyes, Israel has no right to exist and should be replaced with an Islamic state, where Jews would be welcome to live as a minority. Hamas’s rivals in Fatah have taken a similar stance towards the warming of relations between Israel and some Arab countries. READ MORE