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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Hamas accepts 1967 borders, but will never recognize Israel, top official says

The Islamist nature of Hamas is evident each time they open their mouths.  To recognize the '67 borders but not the state of Israel makes no sense.  How do you recognize borders with a non-existent country?

As I have pointed out here many times, the Hamas charter calls for the death of all the Jews and the destruction of Israel.  There is no reason for Hamas to do anything but what is in their charter.  They have had many chances to amend or negate those parts of the charter which call for genocide , but they adamantly refuse to do so.

So goes the "religion of peace".


From Haaretz May 11

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.

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?"

Well, for starters how about having the refugees take posession of the lands given to them in 1948, but rejected by the Arab League?  A good part of Jordan and a small slice of Syria is what was promised to the refugees, and there are millions of them living as non-citizens in both countries.  Problem solved if they just take the land given to them.

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."

And it never will be a peace until Israel is gone.

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