Look closely at AFP considers a “hard line” on Hamas:
The United States on Sunday said it will deal with the new Palestinian government only if it agrees to forgo violence and fully recognize Israel.
US national security adviser Stephen Hadley laid down that hard line in remarks on US television, after Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, in a speech to parliament, insisted on his new government’s right to all forms of resistance, rejecting a key international condition for acceptance.
“This government needs to renounce terror and violence,” Hadley told CNN.
Why are Hadley’s comments — which reflect the position of the Quartet — described as hardline, while Haniyah’s “right to all forms of resistance” pass with out AFP’s judgment?
