Israeli PM urges Palestinian President to cancel unity deal as Fatah party rejects Israeli interference

As expected, the Palestinian reconciliation deal was rejected by the Israeli enemy as a “threat”…

That’s it. While “unity” in any country should be hailed by all regional powers, the pro-Israeli West doesn’t seem to be satisfied with the Egyptian-brokered deal as Israel didn’t hesitate to interfere, simply calling the Palestinians to cancel it.

NETANYAHU TO ABBAS: CANCEL DEAL!
Right after major Palestinian factions signed the reconciliation deal in Cairo which is intended to repair ties between Hamas and Fatah and end a bitter divide following a recent agreement to form a unity government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to "completely cancel" the deal.

"I call on Abu Mazen (Abbas) to completely cancel the agreement with Hamas and to choose the path to peace with Israel," Netanyahu said during a meeting with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in occupied Jerusalem.

The Israeli premier slammed the deal during talks with Blair, the special envoy of the international peace-making Quartet, made up of the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia.
  
"The agreement between Abu Mazen and Hamas deals a hard blow to the peace process," Netanyahu claimed, according to a statement from his office. "How can we make peace with a government when half of it calls for the destruction of Israel and glorifies the murderous Osama bin Laden?"

FATAH TO NETANYAHU: STOP INTERFERENCE
However, Abbas’ Fatah party rejected Netanyahu’s call as "unacceptable interference."
  
Netanyahu "must respect the will of the Palestinian people and stop the unacceptable interference in internal Palestinian affairs," said Azzam al-Ahmed, the head of the Fatah delegation in Cairo.

"The Palestinian people and its leaders were and are still ready for peace. Israel must stop putting obstacles on the path to peace, particularly the building of settlements," he said.

FRANCE WELCOMES
Meanwhile, France gave a cautious welcome to the Palestinian unity deal, as Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said the deal was a step in the right direction, insisting however that Hamas must recognize Israel.

"Everything that helps reconcile organizations, formations that represent to a greater or lesser degree their people is going in the right direction," Juppe said after 13 Palestinian factions signed the much-anticipated deal in Cairo.

However, Juppe said that "this reconciliation must be done with respect for a certain number of principles that seem essential to us."

"We expect Hamas to recognize Israel's existence and integrity and for it to stop all references to using violence as a means of political action. I hope that this reconciliation process will help move forward in this direction. This is not entirely the case today."