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'Israel yet to decide stance on Mecca'
munaeem | 12 February, 2007 03:49
Israel neither accepts nor rejects Hamas and Fatah agreements made Thursday in Mecca regarding a unity government, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said at the opening of Sunday's cabinet meeting.
"Israel insists that all of the Quartet's demands are met, as they were presented in the past," said the prime minister, referring to demands that the Palestinian Authority accept the existence of Israel, recognize past peace agreements made with Israel and renounce terrorism.
"We, like the international community, are studying what exactly was achieved, what was said, and what is the basis on which the agreement rests, if it exists, and if it's complete," Olmert said.
Senior government officials in Jerusalem said Saturday night that the Hamas-Fatah national unity government agreement reached in Mecca could jeopardize a trilateral Israel-Palestinian-US meeting scheduled for next week.
Senior Israeli officials said Abbas's agreement to and appointment of a new government that does not accept the three international benchmarks made him a partner with Hamas, and called into question future Israeli cooperation with him.
She said that the international community must "show determination and say clearly to the Palestinians that they must accept the three benchmarks.
Don't give legitimacy to unclear and clever agreements. You must impose the conditions on the Palestinians, and the truth must be told: the world must reject vague formulas.
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