Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says he believes Hamas understands why it should not be part of a new government in the Palestinian territories.
Maliki tells a press conference that a “technocratic” government is needed, without the Islamist terror group which is fighting a bitter war against Israel.
“The time now is not for a national coalition government,” Maliki says.
“The time now is not for a government where Hamas will be part of it, because, in this case, then it will be boycotted by a number of countries, as happened before,” he tells the UN correspondents’ association.
“We don’t want to be in a situation like that. We want to be accepted and engaging fully with the international community,” he explains.
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