Democrats Cautious On Palestinian Unity Government After Murder Of Israeli Teens

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The crisis, said Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is likely to result in the unity government falling apart anyway. Only if the government stays together will there be a major push in Congress to pressure the administration to cut ties, if it doesn't do that on its own, he said.

 

“It's not likely that the Palestinian unity government will hold amidst this crisis,” Schanzer said. “Abbas has granted the Israelis access to the West Bank to conduct its operations. Hamas has been furious about this, which explains the rockets fired from Gaza in recent days.”

 

“If the unity government holds, and Israel is able to provide definitive proof of Hamas culpability in the kidnappings, the administration may still try to hold to the line that this is a government of technocrats under Abbas, but Congress will not have any of it,” Schanzer said.

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