[Jerusalem Post] Herb Keinon - A military incursion into Gaza to remove Hamas is needed if there is to be any real diplomatic process with the Palestinians, a senior Israeli diplomatic official said Thursday. As long as Hamas is in control of Gaza, there will be negotiations with the PA but no real "diplomatic process," he said. A diplomatic process requires the ability of both sides to compromise, something that Mahmoud Abbas will be unlikely to do as long as Hamas controls Gaza, the official said. The official said there was nothing to signal that Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh might be interested in some kind of truce, adding that Hamas had made it clear that it had no intention of stopping its arms buildup via smuggling from Egypt or stopping terrorist attacks elsewhere.
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