George Mitchell Indicates He Supports Ending Isolation Of Hamas

The Jerusalem Post reports that during a conference call with Jewish leaders, "US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell expressed support during for Egyptian efforts to forge a Palestinian national unity government, indicating that America could take a new tack on Fatah-Hamas reconciliation... In sharp contrast to the Bush administration, which opposed a Palestinian national unity government, Mitchell said that should Egypt bring the sides together it would be 'a step forward.'" The Jerusalem Post described this saying that "the fact that the US would support a Palestinian structure aimed at incorporating and potentially co-opting Hamas rather than working to exclude it suggested the contours of a fresh approach by the Obama administration."
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