Haaretz, here"Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that Israel is currently conducting secret negotiations with Hamas, Channel 10 reported. Quoting an interview with the BBC in Arabic, Channel 10 reported that the talks between Israel and Hamas revolved around a Palestinian state with temporary borders, According to Abbas.
The Palestinian president reiterated his criticism against Israel, saying that Jerusalem wasn't truly interested in peace, adding that "Washington isn't pushing Israel enough to advance the peace process."
Abbas also repeated his assertion that he would not run for re-election in the next Palestinian elections, which were originally planned for January, but Abbas told the BBC that he hadn't ruled out deferring the elections for a year.
Channel 10 also reported that Hamas denied Abbas' assertion, saying that no secret talks with Israel had been held. "The things that Abu Mazen (Abbas) is talking about never happened," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum to a Palestinian website, accusing the Palestinian president of "putting his personal political failure on Hamas ... We don't negotiate with the enemy."
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