China and Switzerland have informed Palestinian officials they will deal with the new Palestinian unity government made up of the moderate Fatah movement and the Islamic militant Hamas group. Both nations have reinforced a Palestinian effort to win recognition for their new government in the past, AP reported. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said he believed there was still an international consensus against dealings with Hamas, which has killed scores of Israelis in suicide bombings and is listed as a terrorist group by Israel, the US and the European Union. Special envoys from the two countries met recently with Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr, who is not allied with either party, and informed him of their decision to deal with the unity government "without any discrimination between its members," said Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti.
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