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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas: Recognizing Israel jeopardizes rights
2011-05-12
[Ma'an] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, will accept a Paleostinian state on the 1967 borders, but will maintain its refusal to recognize Israel, party leader Mahmoud Al-Zahhar said Wednesday.

Speaking with Ma'an radio, the official said that Hamas was ready to recognize a Paleostinian state "on any part of Paleostine," for the first time publicly steering away from prior Hamas demands that the modern Paleostinian state must be established "from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea."

Az-Zahhar also said, however, that a formal recognition of Israel would "cancel the right of the next generations to liberate the lands."
It's a hudna, not peace. Following the Prophet Mohammed's example, hudnas may not last longer than ten years, and must be broken as soon as the Muslim party is able to continue the war to victory. However, given that Israel is the other party, that last bit may well extend until the sun burns out.
The Hamas leader said that recognizing Israel would jeopardize the right of return for Paleostinian refugees who have been exiled from the land since 1948 when Israel was recognized by the United Nations.
...Parkinson's Law on an international scale...
If only Paleostinians in the West Bank and Gazoo are considered citizens of a Paleostinian state, he continued, "what will be the fate of the five million Paleostinians in the diaspora?"

At the same time, the Hamas leader confirmed the decision reached with Fatah to maintain the truce with Israel, calling the move "part of the resistance, not a cancellation," and noting that "truce is not peace."

The comments came as Paleostinians and the international community await details of a unity agreement signed by Hamas and its former rival Fatah. The deal, signed in Cairo on May 4, paved the way for the creation of a unity government that will see the Hamas-led government in Gazoo and the Fatah-led cabinet in the West Bank dissolved and replaced by a single cabinet of independent technocrats.

The new body will set a path to elections within the year, as committees established by the deal work to unify the Paleostinian security forces in the two territories and set a government platform which will include the reconstruction of Gazoo.

Already, officials announced that a deal had been made which will see the release of political prisoners from both areas within the week.
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