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Israel foreign minister: Peace deal 'impossible'

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister said Thursday the new Palestinian reconciliation deal has made a peace agreement "impossible," as Israeli leaders fumed about the prospects of the Islamic militant group Hamas joining a Palestinian unity government. The rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah announced their agreement on Wednesday, seeking to end a seven-year rift that has left the Palestinians divided between separate governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The announcement set off an uproar in Israel, which considers Hamas to be a terrorist group, and threatened U.S.-brokered peace talks that were already limping inconclusively toward an April 29 deadline. An Israeli official said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his Security Cabinet for a "special session" Wednesday to weigh possible responses to the Palestinian move.

 

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