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Senior Hamas leader tells Italian newspaper pullout plan a temporary solution; says Palestine will become a Muslim state
By Dian Bahur-Nir and Ali Waked
Hamas will not compromise on one inch of Greater Palestine, Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar told an Italian newspaper earlier this week.
Speaking to the Corriere Della Sera newspaper, al-Zahar said Hamas would “definitely not” be prepared for coexistence with Israel should the IDF retreat to its 1967 borders.
It can be a temporary solution, for a maximum of 5 to 10 years. But in the end Palestine must return to become Muslim, and in the long term Israel will disappear from the face of the earth."
Asked about Hamas’s intentions to carry out terror attacks in coordination with the disengagement plan, al-Zahar said Hamas has already promised not to initiate violence, and that the group’s actions would be in response to Israeli actions.
“We won’t disrupt the Israeli withdrawal, let them get out of here and go to hell,” he said. “The problem will be afterwards, because in the hearts of every Palestinian, the liberation of Gaza must be accompanied by the liberation of Jerusalem and the West Bank.”
“Now, when Europe has offered to recognize Hamas on a political level, al-Zahar provides clear statements of what to expect from the organization,” Ministry officials told Ynet. “He does not even attempt to speak ambiguously in an attempt to please Europe and finds it difficult to hide the group’s happiness at the London bombings.”
ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3111238,00.html
Senior Hamas leader tells Italian newspaper pullout plan a temporary solution; says Palestine will become a Muslim state
By Dian Bahur-Nir and Ali Waked
Hamas will not compromise on one inch of Greater Palestine, Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar told an Italian newspaper earlier this week.
Speaking to the Corriere Della Sera newspaper, al-Zahar said Hamas would “definitely not” be prepared for coexistence with Israel should the IDF retreat to its 1967 borders.
It can be a temporary solution, for a maximum of 5 to 10 years. But in the end Palestine must return to become Muslim, and in the long term Israel will disappear from the face of the earth."
Asked about Hamas’s intentions to carry out terror attacks in coordination with the disengagement plan, al-Zahar said Hamas has already promised not to initiate violence, and that the group’s actions would be in response to Israeli actions.
“We won’t disrupt the Israeli withdrawal, let them get out of here and go to hell,” he said. “The problem will be afterwards, because in the hearts of every Palestinian, the liberation of Gaza must be accompanied by the liberation of Jerusalem and the West Bank.”
“Now, when Europe has offered to recognize Hamas on a political level, al-Zahar provides clear statements of what to expect from the organization,” Ministry officials told Ynet. “He does not even attempt to speak ambiguously in an attempt to please Europe and finds it difficult to hide the group’s happiness at the London bombings.”
ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3111238,00.html
