Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister, calls for a truce with Israel at the Islamic University in Gaza City. Photograph: Hatem Moussa/APHaniyeh: Hamas Would Accept State Under
1967 Borders -- Haaretz
1967 Borders -- Haaretz
The Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, said on Saturday his government was willing to accept a Palestinian state alongside Israel within the 1967 borders. He spoke at a meeting with 11 European parliamentarians who sailed from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip to protest Israel's naval blockade of the territory. Haniyeh told his guests Israel rejected his initiative.
Clare Short, who served in the cabinet of former British prime minister Tony Blair, asked Haniyeh to repeat his offer. He said the Hamas government had agreed to accept a Palestinian state that followed the 1967 borders and to offer Israel a long-term hudna, or truce, if Israel recognized the Palestinians' national rights.
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My Comment: I am very skeptical.
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