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Israel Warns It Will Hold Abbas Accountable for Hamas
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff and Khaled Abu Toameh - An Israeli official said Thursday that Israel would hold PA President Mahmoud Abbas "accountable for and responsible for [Hamas] violence against Israel" after the reconciliation agreement between that group and Fatah. "If, after this marriage is consummated, there is fire from Gaza into Israel, Abbas will have to understand that the government of Israel will be fully entitled to hold him and his Palestinian Authority accountable for such attacks." The official added: "Israel is concerned that Hamas will use this pact with the PA to strengthen its presence in the West Bank and in so doing, become a graver threat to Israel and the future stability of the Palestinian Authority."