Yedioth Ahronoth: Mansour Abbas offers to recognise Hamas as terrorist organisation in return for government partnership

The head of the United Arab List, Mansour Abbas, has given preliminary approval to recognising Hamas as a terrorist organisation, in response to one of the conditions set by Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot for joining the next government. 

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on its website, citing sources in the Change Bloc, that Abbas had sent a message to the bloc confirming his willingness to recognise Hamas as a terrorist organisation in return for genuine political and government partnership.

According to the sources, Abbas is demanding that the Change Bloc demonstrate a serious commitment to establishing a genuine partnership with his party, rather than simply agreeing to the proposed conditions without guaranteeing meaningful political participation.

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