JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at his office Wednesday, April 23, with Austrian Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Minister Sebastian Kurz.Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on its website that, at the start of their meeting, PM Netanyahu said: “You’re coming at an important time. We’re trying to re-launch the negotiations with the Palestinians. Every time we get to that point, Abu Mazen stacks on additional condition, which he knows that Israel cannot give.
“So instead of moving into peace with Israel, he’s moving into peace with Hamas. He has to choose. Does he want peace with Hamas or peace with Israel? You can have one but not the other. I hope he chooses peace, so far he hasn’t done so.”
Later, in a statement, Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman said: “Abu Mazen must decide if he wants to make peace, and if so, with whom.
It is impossible to make peace with Israel as well as with Hamas, a terrorist organization advocating for Israel’s destruction. Signing an agreement of a Fatah-Hamas unity government is tantamount to a signature on the end of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.”
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