Hamas on Tuesday condemned the meeting between Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, saying that "this is a stabbing in the back of the intifada that is taking place in the West Bank."

Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Hazem Qassem, added that "the fact that the meeting is taking place while Palestinian residents of the West Bank are being attacked by settlers only intensifies the crime of the leadership of the Palestinian Authority."


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