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Europeans Tell Abbas New Government Must Meet Quartet's Conditions
[Reuters] Wafa Amr - European leaders told Mahmoud Abbas that a Palestinian unity government must clearly recognize Israel, renounce violence, and accept interim peace deals for sanctions to end, Abbas aides said on Sunday. "We have asked the Europeans to help us lift the sanctions but their response was that the Palestinian government must be clear in its acceptance of the Quartet conditions," senior Abbas aide Saeb Erekat said after a European tour by Abbas.