Hamas accepts 1967 borders, but will never recognize Israel, top official says
Speaking to Palestinian news agency Ma'an, Mahmoud Zahar says recognition of Israel would deprive future Palestinian generations of the possibility to 'liberate' their lands.
By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel news Gaza Hamas Middle East peaceHamas 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.
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Mahmoud Zahar. |
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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 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."
A top Palestinian official said on Tuesday that a new unity government between recently reconciled Hamas and Fatah will be formed in 10 days.
In an interview with Ma'an news agency, Fatah leader Nabil Shaath said that although the prime minister of a future interim unity government has yet to be announced, current PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is still in the running for the position.
Fayyad has taken unprecedented steps in recent months toward Palestinian statehood, recently presenting proposal in Brussels delineating a three-year aid plan that would allow for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the foreseeable future.
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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Hamas say : "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 the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea." " So, Israel should say : "Go figure out a Palestinian State in Jordan or elsewhere other than Israel and then perhaps there might be peace between Israel and 'Palestine'.
So same old,same old..my friend Lavi
Screw you
This unity government is for single purpose only. To organise elections and allow the palestinian people to decide which of the two roads to follow. Fatah through non violent resistance or hamas with violent resistance. Dont get hung up on hamas too much yet. The real worries will be if they get voted into government again. Hopefully fatah will win by a landslide, then hamas will have to accept the peoples rejection of their policies, and soften their stance toward the peace process. Maybe a little optimistic, but not impossible.
your post is refreshing amindst the sea of one-sided posts. here's a quesiton, and i totally don't know the answer. taking the point of view that it is the elections, hamas would stake a position that tey think is more popular. the 'who blows up more buses' won before, but today west bank os much better off than gaza. still, i wonder who will win. remember, fatah will shift in this direction two. and one factor about the arabs is that they're afraid of each other more than of the israelis, and voting against hamas can have repercussions
This unity government is for single purpose only. To organise elections and allow the palestinian people to decide which of the two roads to follow. Fatah through non violent resistance or hamas with violent resistance. Dont get hung up on hamas too much yet. The real worries will be if they get voted into government again. Hopefully fatah will win by a landslide, then hamas will have to accept the peoples rejection of their policies, and soften their stance toward the peace process. Maybe a little optimistic, but not impossible.
How does America or any other country expect Israel to make peace or give up any land to an entity that is planning a future war against it. Maybe the west show wake up and stop be so Politically Correct and call a spade a spade.
Everybody can observe in these Haaretz TalkBacks that many writers, for backing Palestinian opinions, are 1) using nicknames referring to a membership quite contradictory with what they write; 2) usurping nicknames of persons defending Israel positions. Therefore, what is the relevance to claim for a proper identifiable Palestinian-State (beside or in place of Israel) when such persons are unable (ashamed?) to assume (to be proud?) their own identity.
...we will kill you as soon as we are strong enough' How stupid.
both are racist and terrorists? This is news to anyone with a brain! While some Israelis may be racists, the country as a whole is not even close. This is why if you ever walk the streets of Tel-Aviv you will see people of every color and every ethnicity..even Muslism! Show me one Arab or Muslim country that can say the same! You are obviously a moron and a hater of Israel.
With their demands of removing all Jews from their territories?
there is nothing to talk about with Hamas.
Were Israel to openly fund Irish or Scots against Britain or Basques against Spain, etc there would be a tremendous uproar. Holding Jews to another standard... What is that called again?
It is easy to see what's coming. Right wing Israeli Jews don't handle disappointment very well. This is why they are getting started early. The UN resolution will come in September. Cry me a river until then.
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The difference between Hamas and Fatah: Hamas wants to destroy Israel in order to bring in the five million so called refugees and Fatah wants to bring in these "refugees" in order to destroy Israel.
The Saudi Arabian peace plan confirms that all Arab States will recognize the State of Israel when it moves back to its 1967 borders i.e a Palestinian State comprising of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem plus a fair solution for the millions of Palestinian refugees.
What do they call a fair solution for the refugees ? What about the million jewish refugees, who had to flee the arab countries after 1948 ?
Likud platform: The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river. The Palestinians can run their lives freely in the framework of self-rule, but not as an independent and sovereign state. Thus, for example, in matters of foreign affairs, security, immigration and ecology, their activity shall be limited in accordance with imperatives of Israel's existence, security and national needs. At least Hamas is willing to be practical and settle for the '67 borders. As for the possibility of "liberating the land", how is that different from settler talk of "redeeming" the land?
than a fool who thinks he has to perpetually shout to get attention?
be like those radical and nationalist islamists in Orhan Pamuk s novel "the Snow"... and if you were Hamas boss you would either end up like many of its leaders - directly going to heaven to meet ...how many virgins?
With your great insight and flexibility I can tell that you are the leader of Hamas!
They'd be finished in a month.
And you better believe it.. The latest of Abbas joining with you has gone to your head with the empty jubilation..IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS..And the fat lady is in NO MOOD to sing at your parties assembly as yet,or even perhaps NEVER..
or are you a hypocrite?
Are you referring to Palestinian Arabs or Palestinian Jews? Most of the Arabs who came to live in Britishg Mandate Palestine came in the 20th century because of the work that the Turks and then British then Israelis brought to the region. Before there was a Palestinian Mandate the area was considered Southern Syria by most of the local Arabs. There were also Jewish Communities here for thousands of years in Safed, Tiberias Jerusalem and Hebron among other places.
It is considered a great skill in this part of the World.
I think that it is called 'hudnah'. It is a unique right of the mohammedans to say anything that will advance the cause of Islam whether it is true or not.
So much time and energy is/was/will be waisted 'negotiating' with Hamas. Isn't the acceptance of '67 borders constitute the 'acceptance' of Israel as a sovereign nation(by default)? It's like saying that you'd accept my home's perimeters but not me living in it! How can one negotiate with such people who utter complete nonsense every chance they get?!
Hamas' position for years has been that will accept Israel within the 1967 borders as a fait accompli but will not recognise it's RIGHT to exist.
Palestine=2012!
... Some Palestinian supporters, as M. Zahar, are hiding their real intentions. Therefore, why are they claiming for a specific state when they are unable (ashamed?) to be themselves. My nickname is Mosheh and not Mohamad!!!
Are you so ashamed of what you write or what you are?
Hamas is tiptoeing down the same political path as the PLO went down three decades ago. They are being domesticated by reality. They are a little late to the two-state party, though. In case you haven't noticed, Israel has carried out a de facto annexation of the West Bank, and in all likelihood, it is irreversible. By turning Gaza into a a self-ruled prison camp, Israel only brought it more tightly under Israeli control.
Hamas will eventually win their lands back. In a nuclear wasteland in 150 years..Surviving Jews will leave for the west again,only to return 1000 years later to return to ISRAEL all over again.and the dance begins anew. Israel has rejected the 1st BOOK that says destroy your enemy including women and children. Arabs BOOK #3 (i think we are up to 4 now..Mormons book?)says kill them all women and children too. well when arabs reject their books advice then we can talk.
As a PLO-Hamas "reconciliation" has been established, we cannot consider any declaration as the position of the sole Hamas. Therefore, such declaration demonstrates that "Palestinian-reconciliation" is a regression and not a movement towards Peace.
Hamas official says no to recognition of Israel, Hamas official says that they aim for truce, not peace and Hamas official says that they want to liberate all Palestine (= no Israel). But strangely, it's Israel that is against peace? Can perhaps someone explain to me what is behind that logic?
The Likud's Constitution, Article 1b, declares that the Likud movement is dedicated to "upholding the right of the Jewish People to Eretz Yisrael as an unquestionable right"שמירת זכותו של העם היהודי על ארץ ישראל, כזכות נצחית שאינה ניתנת לערעור. The term Eretz Yisrael includes also the Jordan Valley (at least) on the East side of the Jordan river. Likud managed not to introduce a change in its Charter even after a peace with Jordan was signed, because Labor was the ruling party at the time. But shouldn't it do so now? It is hard to give up on a dream.so in broad daylight you act in conformity with reality, while at night you dream. This is what Hamas will probably be doing in the future.
"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. " Isn't this just the Hudna by another name?
"Hamas would respect any peace deal reached between Israel and Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, provided it is approved in a global Palestinian referendum, the top Hamas official in Gaza said Wednesday. In a rare news conference for foreign media, Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Gaza's Hamas government, staked out seemingly pragmatic positions. He said Hamas seeks dialogue with the West and wants to be "part of the solution, not the problem." (2 Dec. 2010)// Hamas had these positions for some years now, expressed already by Meshal. Hamas will even agree to peace, if the Palestinians vote for it. This change in Hamas' implacable initial position resulted from world pressure which caused an evolutionary change so as to make Hamas survivable (see Darwin). It can be assumed however that as long as Hamas is shunned by the world, they will remain rejectionists; after all, what else would be left for them? The key is, and was, within the Palestinian nation itself. Abbas and Hamas have now presented a unified front to the world, despite Israeli threats against it. Unity strengthens the Palestinian position, and Israel gains a more reliable peace partner. But as long as Israel self-defeatingly rejects Hamas, there will be no end to the conflict.
It should read :"As long as Hamas rejects Israels right of existence there will be no end to the conflict.".
Truce only. No recognition. No Peace. That says it all. Israel, you know what you have to do!
Does Israel do anything to create peace do they do this when they bulldoze Palestinian homes, do they do this when they annex West Bank, do they do this when they build settlements, do they do this when they herd Palestinians through checkpoints, do they do this when they distroy the livlihoods of Palestinians by distruction of farm land olive groves
What is going on between Israel and the Palestinians is called war. Does Israel do anything to create peace? Not lately, but they did leave Gaza for good back in 2005. A lot of good that did. I'm not a big fan of the settlements, but those can (and hopefully will) be dealt with during peace talks...if Hamas would just recognize Israel's right to exist.
Hamas will never recognize Israel even if it was only comprised of the original, humble mound at the beginning of Tel Aviv. Read their Charter & then read in-between their lips.
..The many times I have sent you posts that have never been published..I am sorry to say..
hamas bottom line NO ISRAEL. Plain and simple 67 "borders" irrelevant end game no iSRAEL
This guy sounds pretty much like Lieberman or any of the wild-eyed folks in the settler movement. I hope all you folks over there in the Middle East can take your more extreme elements aside and tell them to mellow out a bit. They're making the mainstream normies look bad.
The West expects the Palestinians to disappoint and they never fail to oblige. Once again, they have succeeded in deceiving themselves into thinking that they are deceiving everyone else. Nobody trusts a word they have to say.
Hamas through armed struggle, Fatah through unlimited number of "refugees" returning not to the new state of Palestine but to Israel. The end result is the same, no wonder they are united.
Thats it...what try? why sign on to this farce? Hamas has always wanted all of israel and they are clearly stating it AGAIN for everyone to hear. Are you listening Obama? how about you Clinton? Sarkozy? Cameron?
My understanding of Zahar's words, as published in this article, means that Hamas is willing to START with recognition of a Palestinian state in the pre-67 territories, wheras before, Hamas was only willing to start with the end result----a Palestinian state in the whole of mandatory Palestine. To me this means that Hamas does not preclude the eventual elimination of the Jewish State. Wheteher or not Hamas actually tries to go further in its plans is an entirely different matter, but what he has done is give Israel more reason to mistrust Hamas and avoid negotiating with it.....with some very good justification if you are Israeli. This will not advance the peace process.
Sinn Fein had to accept a divided Ireland in the end and the Republic of Ireland still claims the whole of Ireland - this means nothing and is just big talk from Hamas.
by public referendum on 23 May 1998. Sinn Fein can want what they like, but the IRA is largely disbanded and only continues to exist as the local mafia/organised crime and is involved in drugs, stolen vehicles and prostitution.
A couple of weeks ago Hamas declared Bin LAdin a holy warrior, now they say this. Hamas is a politico-tactical fool. Just now Israel is being pushed in a corner by the united nations and international community, hamas is making no advantage of it but actually make the situation more worse to themselves and easier for Israel with such statements..
They think they can brush their vile wording by sweeping it under the carpet..But then obviously are not intelligent enough to grasp the situatiion and make up as they go along with their propaganda.. The losers will be them...not Israel..Yes,intead of ameliorating the situation they make things worse.. What can one say ..Mehmet ............
Israel belongs to the Jews only..So what is there for Israel to get it later....The Arabs refused the JEWS Resettled in their land..Unlike the usurping arabs who do not belong in the holy land anyway...
The vast majority of those who call themselves Palestinians started coming to Israel (Palestine) only after the Jews began to rebuild the Land.Under the Arabs,most of the land which was once fertile became swamps infested with malaria Only through were the Jews able to transform the swamps into fertile land dedication,with hard work & determination. This was because of their deep love for Ancient/New Israel. It's all written in the annals of our history.reborn after our long night of terror by the hands of our foes.
Did not know the whole historical narrative. While I thank you for the reminder,as I said above..I know more than you'll ever realize. God bless you..
I have just sent one complaining.on this particular one..It gets bopring having to repeat it.. Sorry..Of course I was aware of the historical narrative..ALL OF IT... Wonder if they would at least put this one out..
SO TELL ME THIS, WHY ISRAEL SHOULD RECOGNIZE PALESTINE IF HAMAS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ISRAEL SINCE HAMAS IS IN UNITY WITH ABBAS-HAMAS NOW REPRESENTS PARTLY THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, YES??
Israel old fashion policy will never bring peace at all ..I think Israel need open minded people to role it not paranoids people otherwise the worst is coming
and who sanction the most barbaric acts of murder against civilians?
The future generations of Palestinians are more willing to understand and accept that the whole region was inhabited by both peoples. The Holy Land is really the ancestral territory of the Jewish people thousands of years ago and only centuries ago was it settled by Muslim Palestinians. The Jewish State has more or less accepted a compromise on the region but with declarations such as Hamas, it's a problematic scenario of living in peace. Politicians who lack reason should not even be politicians, in my opinion.
Smadar .. can you please enlighten us further as to what compromise Israel has more or less accepted?
Your question indicates total lack of knowledge of the history of this region.
You need to do some serious fact reading, and not depend on being spoon fed Arab propaganda. What were the Oslo accords - did Israel not compromise on territory and the security of its citizens to give peace a chance? And what did it get in return - bloodshed and suicide bombings. Gaza - Israel withdrew and left it the territory "jew free" at huge emotional and financial cost - what did Israel get in return, rockets and mortars. Shame on you who lack decency.
I agree wholeheartedly with Phil's precis of the compromises made by Eretz.
I take it you are talking about Israel here?
Ideological ass covering of the most blatant sort. By recognizing the 1949 armistice lines Hamas makes a de facto recognition of Israel and any pretense that it has not altered it's position is just twaddle. Mahmoud Zahar tries to pretend that Hamas has not changed it's position while admitting that it has. It is impossible to recognize the internationally recognized borders of Israel while insisting the goal is to to "liberate" all of Palestine. It was the War of Independence that cleaved Israel from Palestine. Congratulations Hamas, you are finally 'getting it,' even if you don't want to admit it.
Only the rabidly racist may ignore the change in position which Hamas made some years ago and has made fact by it's deference to Fatah and the PA's position on Israel.
and to continue with, and talk up "resistance rhetoric" will destroy any chance the Palestinians have for a peaceful, prosperous and secure future. Somehow it's all falling on Fatah's shoulders to lead Hamas away from self-destruction.
Who is the Shas ambassador to the US? When did Israel Beitunu recognize the Palestinian State's Right to exist? For that matter, who is the Republican ambassador to the Court of St James? Why does Israel want to exchange ambassadors with Hamas? Why not with Palestine? Will each and every Israeli political party recognize Palestine and its right to exist?
It looks like Hamas has been digging so many tunnels, this is just another hole. At least this hole is in the open. There will never be Peace, only a truce until Hamas is strong enough to, "Liberate" Palestine. What dumb fool would agree to this as a basis for Peace. Yeah, we know, those who don't live in Israel, pontificating from their own "Stolen land".
it's Hamas that's saying NO to peace.
What does this have to do with World Peace? Isn't the conflict just local? You made a claim. Now prove it!
The jews were not the ones who attacked first. learn some history.
Stern gang anyone David hotel blown up? Anyone? Thx. Now you go read some history, in the same books as everyone, not yours.
No idea what history fairy tales you read, but the King David bombing was done by the Irgun not the Stern Gang and was against the oppressive and ruthless British military occupation forces. Nothing to do with Palestinians. The Partition plan was supposed to give the Jews a slice and the Arabs a slice, but no, the Arabs wanted it all.
i forgot the coma btwn anyone & David... But they did blow it up ( Irgun..Including tzipi livni's father), you wanted a slice?I don't think so dude... If you wanted a slice you wouldn't be settling
Well that's called terrorism right ?
One does not need to write about the King David to point out Israel's crimes. One just needs to know a bit of History. That's all. Anything else ?
because israel want more land and refuse to recognize israel
Yes the whole world- United Nations- including Israel accepted a 2 -state solution in 1947. But the whole world did not include- Egypt, Trans Jordon, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. Those 5 Arab countries and the Palestinian Arabs all attacked Israel.
However much one would like a peace settlement it is hard to imagine accepting a peace accord with Hammas when they will not recognise Israels right to exist as they say it would "preclude them from later claiming all of israel as Palestinian land". We saw what happened in Gaza. Hamas as we know them today is a violent organisation. Could you gamble your childrens future on such a 'partnership' ?
You could say the same about Israel: "We'll take what we can now and then get the rest later" Or is it that israeli people can do that and is ok but palestinians not?
This is precisely the policy operated by Israel since 1948. And they are still taking more....
1920- Palestinian Arabs slaughter Palestinian Jews in Jerusalem 1921- Palestinain Arabs slaughter Palestinian Jews in Jaffa 1929- Palestinian Arabs slaughter Palestinian Jews in Hebron 1947- Palestinian Arabs along with 5 other arab armies attempt to take away Jewish Palestine Your interpretation of stealing land is incorrect.
Thedifference is is that if Israel makes peace with two state solution it will honour it. If Hamas makes peace they say they will continue to claim all the lands....is that peace ? No, that's taking the world for idiots !
Exactly right Julius..We'll take not only what we can, BUT WE'LL BE TAKING IT ALL ..That in a nutshell Is what we can expect,and not surprised. But then nor Israel foolish to fall for their tricks. Actually this is AN Arafat number TWO repetition of same..Will they ever learn.....Not if the sky drops and hits them on their HEADS..
Hamas will never give up its goal of destroying Israel. So what basis do negotiations have?
It is the same old story as with Arafat. As long as Hamas doesn't recognize the State of Israel, this terrorist organization should not get even one inch more of land as they already control now with force and even terror over their own people!!!!!
you leftists love to comment the op-eds to death.. lets make peace etc. .. nothing to say here huh? nope.. peace is not possible with these people.
We have many on our side who believe the same: that Jews have a right to all of historic Israel. The mere fact that there are factions in Palestinian society that believe that they have a divine right to all the land doesn't have anything to do with whether they are willing to content themselves with less for practical reasons, which Hamas seems to be doing. The real issue is whether they are willing to use violence to push their wider agenda, rather than work through political processes. I, for one, believe that it is better to have Hamas's hands tied by the more moderate factions; they have said now that the decision to use violence would have to be approved by all Palestinians, and not just Hamas. In other words, the decision to use terrorist tactics no longer lies solely in the hands of the extremists; it would have to be approved by moderates as well, which makes such tactics much less likely. To me, that seems like a huge advance for Israel's security. Peace might not be possible if our only negotiating parter were Hamas, but so long as Hamas is only one faction--a minority faction at that--among Palestinian civil society, peace may be possible with Palestine as a whole. Let's not make the mistake of leaving Hamas out of that peace and having to deal with them separately at some other point.
We do have people that believe that Jews have a right to all of Eretz Israel. But they don't have rockets and highly unlikely will throw their political rivals from the top of the building the moment they decide to take the power. We've been there before, don't you remember that? But this time around, they will have much more territory at their disposal. Btw, 'Hamas is only one faction--a minority faction at that--among Palestinian civil society', is it wishful thinking or what? Remember they won the elections a few years ago?
Well said man, if all people there were as trying as hard as you to understand the situation and think objectively, this conflict would evaporate fast. People in your region would be to busy kicking butt making money and culture and taking their rightful place in the world, instead looking like fanatics and militants (on both sides). You have my vote for best comment by a poster to Haaretz this year.
not the minority
One step forward, ten steps back.
Just another opportunity at how successive generations of Palestinian leaders have deceived and disappointed their people. They can't have it all. They can have some. Israel is prepared to give some, but can not give it all. That is the nature of compromise. Israel has proved it is ready, with the Oslo catastrophe, and what was Hamas's response to Oslo - suicide bombings.
Is the kind that pushes for an Israeli 'accord' with Hamas, and see the Palestinian reconciliation as benefiting Israel from a Peace-oriented perspective, so Israel and the Quartet must drop their demands of Hamas/Unity government. Hamas disagrees with them.
I mean what is the point of negotiating at all with these jokers? Let them go to the UN and try to have a state based on control of Gaza and a few cities without any links between them.
Hamas doesn't want a shared Jerusalem. Hamas wants it all. A Palestinian Tel Aviv, a Palestinian West Jerusalem, a Palestinian Haifa, and a Palestinian Eilat (where women can swim in burqini's). Never again will Jews bow for Arabs, and take orders!
If israel does not abandon its occupation and oppression policies , the jews of israel will never be accepted in our region of the world>
Let's go to war and this time don't go crying to the UN to stop the Israelis from wiping the desert with the Arab armies. take back Sinai, the West Bank, and take even more from the losers this time and don't give it back until all the Arab regimes compensate all the Jews for all their losses since the beginning of time.
That is the problem dealing with Arabs . They do not accept Jews being in their region and never will. There is no occupation in Gaza and still they fire rockets. The only oppression in the area is in Syria, Iran and Libya to name s few.
We're right behind you....go for it.
Israelis already know that Jews are not welcome in Arab or countries of Muslim states. They know that even if, G-d forbid, you destroyed Israel it would not be enough to satisfy Islamic blood lust. You would then go hunting after Jews all over the world. History has seen what terror Islam and Arabs can bring to the world and to Jews in particular.
Zahar is correct when he says 'a truce is not peace' But if Hamas are not prepared to accept the two state solution ,there can never be peace & the world will see just who is responsible for the impasse. Hamas should look at the calender .It is 2011 not 1921.
what do you expect with theses guys... stop discuss and let them alone...
to discuss Hamas' position is like considering to give the knife back to a killer who just tried to kill you with it...its idiotic..the only thing Hamas needs to know--Israel will always have something to say at the end , Israel , not Hamas.
This formulation is proof that Hamas has accepted peace? Are you serious? This formulation is proof that Hamas is currently and will always be at WAR with Israel. Israel has every right to impose a naval blockade, given this reiteration of no peace and no recognition by Hamas in Gaza.
If the EU, UN, USA, or anyone else with influence could exercise an iota of decency, now is the still time support to Israel in dismantling the PA and permanently vanquishing Hamas and Islamic Jihad
Great and peaceful news.
Of course Hamas would accept a state in the '67 areas; it would give them the ability to rocket *all* Israeli cities, instead of just those in the south.
What crimes? just remember the armenian genocide in your country ok?
You'd better quiet down or I'll call SEAL TEAM 6 and report you!