(thejewess: Barak: We will negotiate with Hamas if they drop terror
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Twitter)(jpost.com) Israel will continue negotiating with a PA unity
government if Hamas agrees to Quartet conditions and dismantles its terror infrastructure, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an
interview with Israel Radio Tuesday.
"The
continuation of the peace process is in the interest of Israel, the
Palestinians and the world," Barak said. "If Hamas adopts the Quartet's
conditions and dismantles its terror infrastructure, we will negotiate
with them."
"We won't bury our heads in
the sand and we won't give up on Israel's security interests," the defense minister elaborated.
Emphasizing that Israel was preparing for all possible scenarios, from successful
negotiations
to the outbreak of violence, Barak said, "We must be prepared to shake
hands with our left hand and have our finger on the trigger with our
right hand."