Hamas over the weekend emphasized it will not recognize the peace obligations signed by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) with Israel. Salah al-Bardaweel, a Hamas lawmaker, told media that, "Hamas can not accept the PLO's deals because any upcoming government would be formed by Hamas and Fatah and will reflect our views and we will re-compile any word the government speaks."
The PLO issue remains one of the biggest obstacles preventing Hamas and Fatah from reaching a unity deal in the Egyptian-hosted reconciliation talks. The peace deals mentioned mainly refer to the 1993 Israeli-Palestinian peace accords reached in Oslo which enabled the creation of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and stipulated the peace negotiations between the PLO and Israel.