Here are some quotations of indirect recognition of Israel by Hamas

Khaled Mashal, Spiegel, 6th of February http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,399153,00.html

SPIEGEL: Do you accept the 1993 Oslo Accord, which includes the recognition of Israel?
Mashaal: I didn't say anything about that, because the purpose of this agreement was not to bring about rights for the Palestinians. The accords failed, as we predicted. Nevertheless, we do treat them as fact.

Interview A-Ayyam, 2nd april 2007: http://www.prospectsforpeace.com/2008/04/israel_and_hamas_test_the_wate.html

al-Ayyam: What would you say to those Israelis who are calling on their government to talk to Hamas?

KM: I would advise them to pressure their government to stop its aggression against our people, end the occupation, and recognize Palestinian rights, especially since the Arabs and Palestinians have adopted a joint position regarding the establishment of a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967.

al-Ayyam: When you say 'the borders of 1967,' is that a strategic position or just tactics?
KM: Most Palestinian factions agreed in the [Fatah-Hamas] Accord Document signed in 2006 that a future Palestinian state should be established within the borders of 1967, including Jerusalem, as well as the right of return and full sovereignty. This is the Palestinian position. It is also the official Arab position, with a few differences in detail. Israel has to declare its commitment to such a solution.

al-Ayyam: But the Europeans and Americans say that Hamas calls for the destruction of the state of Israel, and consequently would have nothing to do with it. What would you say to them?
KM: We as a movement are committed to a political program that we agreed upon with other Palestinian factions, a program that is supported by the Arab world. Consequently, the Americans, Europeans, and other international parties must reconcile themselves with this political reality and must judge us accordingly. You do not judge people by what you believe is in their heads, but by what they have committed themselves to on paper. The major challenge facing the Americans and others in the international community is how to force Israel into accepting what we have offered. This is the solution. After that, whether one wishes to recognize Israel or not is his affair.

However, I'd like to make a point that it was presented at the conference by Ahmed Abu-Tawahina, that the only solution is a single state, where all the citizens have the same rights; otherwise is not a solution, because of fhe right of return, and because of the right of palestinian to be in their land. So, I wouldn't put too much stress on this position of Hamas accepting Israel borders, because this is not the solution anyway. One single state "does not mean to through anyone to the sea", it means equal rights and the end of "a jews state" and the begining of a democratic one.

Yesterday I read this article dealing with this http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m49340&hd=&size=1&l=e


Maria Jose

Maria Jose Lera
Dra. Psicologia
Profesora Titular Universidad Sevilla
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