PALESTINE - Sept 21 - Abbas Says Unity Government Would Recognise Israel.(Mahmoud Abbas) From: APS Diplomat Recorder | Date: September 23, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Input Solutions. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PA Pres Mahmoud Abbas, assures world governments that any national unity government he negotiated with Hamas will recognise Israel's right to exist and renounce violence. "Any future Palestinian government" would honour all past agreements the PLO and the Palestinian National Authority have committed to, he told the 192-nation UN General Assembly. This would imply and implicit, though not explicit, recognition of Israel. Past agreements include letters between the Palestinians and ...