Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Hamas will never recognize Israel

From Reuters, Mon Jan 15, 2007 ...

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Monday the Islamist militant group Hamas would never recognize Israel.

Haniyeh, a Hamas leader, said in an interview from Gaza with Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah's al-Manar television station: "Hamas will never recognize the legitimacy of the occupation (Israel)....Hamas will never show flexibility over the issue of recognizing the legitimacy of the occupation..." ....

....Last week, the movement's exiled leader Khaled Meshaal told Reuters in an interview in Damascus where he is based that Hamas does "not talk about recognizing Israel or accepting it as a reality"....

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