Israel, U.S. to shun Palestinian unity govt-Olmert
Source: Reuters
JERUSALEM, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday he and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed to shun a Palestinian unity government unless it accepted international demands on policy towards Israel. "A Palestinian government that does not accept the Quartet's conditions, cannot receive recognition and there will not be cooperation with it," Olmert said, referring to calls by international mediators for a unity government to recognise Israel, renounce violence and abide by existing interim peace accords. "I spoke about this on Friday with the President of the United States, and I can tell you the Israeli and U.S. positions are completely identical," Olmert said in broadcast remarks before talks later in the day with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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