Sen. Joseph Lieberman said he would negotiate with Hamas if the group renounced terrorism. In Sunday night’s debate for Democratic presidential candidates, the senator from Connecticut said he snubbed Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat on his last visit to the region because Arafat facilitated violence and refused to take on terrorists.
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