Hamas leader: We’ll accept 1967 borders, but never recognize Israel
Hamas leader: We’ll accept 1967 borders, but never recognize Israel
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This makes no sense: 1967 borders with what? How can they have borders with a polity they refuse to recognize? And if they still intend to “liberate” all of “Palestine,” that means they don’t accept any borders at all, 1967 or otherwise. This is just a step to get Israel reduced to conquerable proportions, and no doubt there will be no shortage of credulous Infidels who will be duly fooled.
“Hamas accepts 1967 borders, but will never recognize Israel, top official says,” from Haaretz, May 11 (thanks to Alexandre):
Hamas would be willing to accept a Palestinian state within 1967 borders, a leader of the militant group, Mahmoud Zahar, told the Palestinian news agency Ma’an on Wednesday, adding, however, that Hamas would never recognize Israel since such a move would counter the group’s aim to “liberate” all of Palestine.Zahar’s comments come amid Palestinian efforts to form a unity government that would include former rivals Fatah and Hamas, following a reconciliation agreement the two factions signed last week in Cairo.
Speaking to Ma’an on Wednesday, Zahar, hinting at the possible political line of a future Palestinian unity cabinet, said that recognizing Israel would “preclude the right of the next generations to liberate the lands,” wondering: “What will be the fate of the five million Palestinians in the diaspora?”
The Gaza strongman went on to tell Ma’an that Hamas would be willing to recognize a Palestinian state “on any part of Palestine,” as opposed to the group’s proclaimed aim to form a state from “from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea.”
Zahar also referred to the future of Hamas’ military truce with Israel, confirming that the movement would continue to honor the cessation of fighting, following a joint decision made with its new Fatah partners. The Hamas leader, however, reiterated that the truce was “part of the resistance not its rejection,” adding that a “truce is not peace.”…
No one in the West will notice that, either.
Palestinian leaders plan to ask the United Nations General Assembly in September to recognize a Palestinian state in all the lands Israel occupied in 1967.Fayyad has made it clear that in the event that Israel and the Palestinians do not reach a negotiated settlement, a Palestinian state will be declared unilaterally.
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