Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said on Monday that Israel is being dragged into a confrontation on the Gaza border because of internal Palestinian Arab conflicts.
"Hamas is not prepared to reconcile with Fatah and to transfer control of the Gaza Strip to [Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud] Abbas’ people. And they are dragging us into the conflict because two sides within the Palestinian camp do not know how to get along. Clear and simple. Abbas knows that he is not capable of overthrowing the Hamas regime by force, he understands that Hamas will not transfer control over the Gaza Strip and therefore is trying to drag us into confrontation with Hamas in the Gaza Strip," Liberman said in an interview on Radio Darom 101.5FM.
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