Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned a reconciliation deal between the leaders of the main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas as a “tremendous blow to peace”. “What happened today in Cairo is a tremendous blow to peace and a great victory for terrorism,” Netanyahu told reporters in London where he is due to hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal buried the hatchet at a reconciliation ceremony in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday that ends a nearly four-year feud. Netanyahu pointed to Hamas’s recent statement condemning the killing of Al Qaedaleader Osama bin Laden by US forces in Pakistan as proof that the deal would harm chances of a peace deal in the Middle East. “Three days ago terrorism was dealt a resounding defeat with the elimination of bin Laden. Today in Cairo it had a victory,” he said.