"I say it openly and frankly. We will not go back to an uprising that will destroy us."
Abbas' comments were remarkable because of his audience and because security coordination is widely unpopular among Palestinians. They also put additional strains on the new unity government that Abbas formed earlier this month bringing together his Fatah organization with the more radical Hamas group.
The government was meant to end a rift stemming from Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip from Abbas seven years ago. But tensions remain, and Hamas is still in control of Gaza, while Abbas governs from the West Bank.
Abbas' comments quickly drew condemnation from Hamas. "These comments are based on the Zionist narrative," said Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza.
Israel claims three youths, two age 16 and one age 19, disappeared late on June 12 while hitchhiking home from Jewish seminaries in the West Bank. Israel accuses Hamas of being behind the alleged abductions, and has launched a widespread crackdown on the group, despite offering no evidence linking it with the abductions.
Hamas has not accepted responsibility for the disappearance of the Israeli youths.
Israeli troops have arrested more than 250 Palestinians, including scores of Hamas members, as part of an operation as it attempts to locate the missing youths, killing at least one Palestinian man in the process.
The crackdown is the most extensive military ground operation in more than five years. Israel said it is using the search operation to deliver a painful new blow to the remaining Hamas infrastructure in the West Bank.
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