TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Israel must ignore Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and topple the Hamas government, an Israeli government official said Saturday.
Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman called Abbas a weak leader who should be ignored in favor of stronger ties with Jordan, the Ynetnews.com reported.
"We have a dependable partner, and that is Jordan," he said. "We must declare Abbas irrelevant. He is hated in the Palestinian Authority. We should ignore him because he has no authority, no power."
Lieberman added Israel has "always targeted the wrong places and taken care not to speak with the right people."
In toppling Hamas, Israel must destroy its members, who are sworn to Israel's destruction and have said any unity government Hamas joins will not recognize Israel's right to exist.
"They must disappear, go to heaven, all of them. There is no room for compromise on this matter," Lieberman said.
