FORMER P.A. FOREIGN MINISTER: KORAN FORBIDS RECOGNIZING ISRAEL

Zahar: Koran forbids recognizing Israel (JPost)
Former PA foreign minister Mahmoud A-Zahar of Hamas said Friday that recognizing Israel contradicts the Koran, Israel Radio reported.

In an interview with a Hamas-affiliated Web site, A-Zahar said that Hamas had not given up on the principle that all of Palestine is Muslim land.