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Abbas Slams Hamas Claims of Victory, Says 120 Gazans Executed During War
(Washington Free Beacon) Abraham Rabinovich - PA President Mahmoud Abbas ridiculed Hamas claims of victory in the Gaza war, noting that while 4,000 rockets had been fired into Israel, only three persons had been killed. He told journalists in Cairo Saturday, "Hamas also conducted atrocities at the war's end when it executed 120 people without trial because they breached the curfew." "If Hamas won't accept a Palestinian state with one government, one law and one armed force, there won't be any partnership between us," he declared. Abbas said that the PA alone must be responsible for decisions on peace or war, and that Hamas cannot make such decisions unilaterally. Hamas is at present heavily dependent on Abbas since the international community would refuse to channel funds for Gaza's reconstruction through Hamas, only through the PA.