Nicosia/Tel Aviv - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called Friday on world countries not to recognise the Palestinian government to be set up after the Islamist Hamas and the mainstream Fatah movements announced a reconciliation deal.
'The international community must not legitimize the government whose face is the face of (Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,) and whose arms are the arms of Hamas, who launches missiles at citizens and stains innocents with blood,' he told Cypriot President Emetris Christofias during a meeting in Nicosia, according to a statement issued by his office after the meeting.
Representatives from Hamas and Fatah announced in Cairo Wednesday night their intention to reconcile, after a four-year-long bitter and times violent rift, which saw Hamas administering the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under the control of the Fatah dominated Palestinian Authority.
The agreement, if implemented, will see the Hamas government in Gaza, and the West Bank government headed by Salam Fayyad, replaced by an interim unity government consisting of 'professional' figures, which will prepare for Palestinian elections.
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