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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761476.html
Will a Palestinian Unity Government Lead to Peace Negotiations?
[Ha'aretz] Danny Rubinstein - While Hamas made a few concessions to enable a Palestinian unity government to be established, it is doubtful that these will be sufficient to completely end the embargo that has been imposed on the Palestinian government since February and allow the start of diplomatic negotiations with Israel. In the unity government agreement, the Hamas leadership agrees to recognize "the existing political reality in the region," but evades saying that it recognizes Israel. Regarding the condition that previous agreements be recognized, the new government's position is also vague. On the issue of a complete cessation of violence, all attacks inside Israel will stop, starting with the Kassam rocket attacks, but a green light is given for continued operations in the West Bank.