(VOA News)Robert Berger - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas asked Hamas to join his cabinet to help ensure a peaceful Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip next month. Israeli spokesman Mark Regev said, "Hamas is a terrorist organization that's been responsible for countless acts of indiscriminate violence against Israeli civilians....From our point of view, as Israel, Hamas is part of the problem, it's not part of the solution." Israel says Abbas should not be negotiating with terrorists, but rather disarming them, as demanded by the internationally-backed "Road Map" peace plan.
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