I find it rather strange that while Israeli leaders accuse Hamas of refusing to acknowledge the right of the Zionist State to exist they themselves are incapable of using the P word.

If you ever listen to the utterances of bile-filled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the man is incapable of saying "Palestine" or "Palestinians".

And the state's apparatchiks are just as bad. One can only draw the conclusion there is an unspoken state policy forbidding the use of the P-words lest they inadvertently acknowledge the existence of Palestine.
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Now he is calling on the international community not to recognise a Palestinian government made up of the both Fatah and Hamas. Why? There is no rational explanation other than he despises the very thought of the opposing sides coming together in the spirit of peace and unity.