For all practical purposes Hamas has embraced the Saudi Plan by recognizing first the authority of a Palestinian referendum, and second respect for their Arab and Islamic community, principally as represented by the Arab League. This should put to rest the barrage of canards to the contrary on the part of rabid Greater Israel fanatics, land pirates worse than Hamas.
"On 21 April 2008, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met with Hamas Leader Khaled Meshal and reached an agreement that Hamas would respect the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip areas seized by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967, provided this be ratified by the Palestinian people in a referendum. Hamas later publicly offered a long-term hudna with Israel if Israel agreed to return to its 1967 borders and to grant the "right of return" to all Palestinian refugees. Israel has not responded to the offer."[ |
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