Israel breaks off peace talks, plans sanctions against Palestinians

Los Angeles Times | April 24, 2014 | 9:22 AM

Israel is suspending its involvement in U.S.-led peace talks and is planning a series of sanctions against the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said today.
The decision came at the end of a six-hour cabinet meeting that followed Wednesday’s announcement of a reconciliation between Palestinian factions that would bring the militant Islamist movement Hamas into a new Palestinian government within weeks and into other national institutions later.
The reconciliation agreement was the latest in a long chain of events that had plagued the peace talks led by Secretary of State John F. Kerry.
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