MORE ON PALIS' FAKE PEACE OVERTURES

Hamas: No Recognition of Israel
Fatah and Hamas have reached agreement on a document outlining a common political strategy. However, Hamas negotiators have denied reports that the deal meant the militants would implicitly recognize Israel. Palestinian minister Abdel Rahman Zeidan said the Hamas-Fatah document did not in any way recognize the State of Israel. "You will not find one word in the document clearly stating the recognition of Israel as a state. Nobody has agreed to this," he said.

Hamas negotiators told the BBC they believe that a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza is a first step - not a final step. They believe that future generations of Palestinians will reclaim all their historic homeland. And that, in the end, there will be no room for what is now the Jewish State of Israel. (BBC News)

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The original document called for "restricting" attacks on Israelis to the territories captured by Israel in 1967. The revised document, however, calls for "focusing" the attacks on these territories, implying that Palestinian groups could still carry out attacks inside Israel. Although the document calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza, and eastern Jerusalem, it does not talk about a two-state solution or Israel's right to exist.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri denied reports that the revised document recognizes Israel's right to exist. "We agreed to all the articles of the document without having to recognize Israel," he explained. "This is a major achievement for Hamas because the agreement also allows us to pursue the resistance against Israel." A senior official in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office characterized the document as a "non-starter." He said that the document is an internal Palestinian matter. (Jerusalem Post)

THOSE POOR PALESTINIANS. ALL THEY WANT IS PEACE AND ALL ISRAEL WANTS IS WAR. AT LEAST ACCORDING TO BRITAIN'S INDEPENDENT: