The PA-Hamas marriage leaves Israel no choice but to walk away at this point. Making a deal with the devil that despises you and openly calls for your destruction is not a viable option.
Just several weeks ago, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, the same man who announced the unity agreement with the PA, delivered a fiery and inflammatory speech in Gaza meant to incite hatred and encourage violence.
“Resistance and martyrdom are the way to liberate Palestine and to restore Jerusalem,” Haniyeh said. “I say again and again, we will not, we will not, we will not recognize Israel.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government cannot put the safety and security of Israel in the hands in Hamas – the very hands that have the blood of innocent Israelis on them.
Now that the Palestinian Authority has chosen to broker a deal with one of the primary terrorist offenders in the world, one would hope and expect that the international community will tell Abbas and Company to take a hike the next time they come calling for help and claiming victimhood.
