Hamas okays peace talks, but won't accept Israel

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Source: The Jerusalem Post
November 13, 2006

Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar told the Arab League on Sunday that his government will endorse an international peace conference based on a 2002 plan calling for Israel's surrender of all Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem.

Israel's acceptance of those terms is supposed to be met by regional acceptance of the Jewish state and a normalization of ties with it.

However, earlier in the day, Zahar revealed that even if Israel bowed to current Arab demands, Hamas would never recognize its right to exist. The best Israel could hope for from Hamas would be a long-term truce, Zahar told the London-based Arabic newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat.

Zahar said Hamas' goal remains the complete removal of the Jewish state.

Despite the sinister revelation, many Western governments were expected to quickly jump on the opportunity to strong-arm Israel into talks that would provide Hamas and its allies with a commanding base from which to relaunch their campaign of violence once the proposed truce expired.

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