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[Published: Thursday March 19 2009]

Egypt seeks softer US Hamas line

Cairo, 19 March-(ANA)-Egypt's intelligence chief is visiting Washington in what officials say is a push for a more flexible US stance on Hamas, to aid Palestinian unity talks.

The US, EU and UN will not deal with the militant rulers of Gaza unless they reject violence and recognise Israel.

Talks in Cairo to end the rift between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have faltered over the issue.

The division between the factions is also a major barrier to reconstruction in Gaza after Israel's offensive.

Cairo's influential head of intelligence, Omar Suleiman, is the chief mediator in the talks aimed at forging a Palestinian national unity government.

The US has said it will only deal with a national unity government that includes Hamas if it accepts the conditions.(ANA)

FA/ANA/19 March 2009---

 

 


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