DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal says his militant Islamic group will not recognize Israel.
But Mashaal says Hamas will accept a Palestinian state on Palestinian territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
The statement amounted to a tacit acceptance of Israel's right to exist alongside a Palestinian state, but without explicit recognition of the Jewish state.
Earlier, former President Jimmy Carter said that Hamas is prepared to accept the Jewish state's right to "live as a neighbor next door in peace." Carter met twice with Mashaal over the weekend.
Carter is wearing his rose-colored glasses, or he's just lying.
Then there's this:
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- The leader of Hamas says his Palestinian militant group is offering Israel a 10-year truce if it withdraws from all lands it seized in the 1967 war.
Khaled Mashaal says he made the offer to former President Carter in talks on Saturday.
Mashaal says Hamas would accept a Palestinian state limited to the lands Israel seized in 1967 — an implicit acceptance that Israel would exist alongside that state.
But Mashaal says the group would never outright formally recognize Israel.
Ten-year truce?
Yeah, right.
What's what this "offer to former President Carter" stuff?
Carter claimed he wasn't going to the Middle East to negotiate any agreements.
In any event, there's definitely a failure to communicate.
Hamas is NOT prepared to accept the Jewish state's right to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."
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