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Zahar: Abbas is not serious about reconciliation

Hamas leader says Abbas's reliance on "US-Israeli axis" prevents unity government with Hamas.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is not serious about reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, Hamas leader Mahmoud al Zahar told pan-Arab daily Asharq Alawsat in an interview published Wednesday.
According to Zahar – a co-founder of the Islamist group – Abbas only wants to continue postponing full reconciliation. The PA president is unfit to "meet the requirements of reconciliation," and has set untenable deadlines for the formation of a government early next year and legislative and presidential elections in May, Zahar told Asharq Alawsat….