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'Hamas accepts Israel's right to exist'
Hamas has accepted Israel's right to exist and would be prepared to nullify its charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel, Aziz Dwaik, Hamas's most senior representative in the West Bank, said on Wednesday. [...]
During the meeting in Hebron, Dwaik stressed that other Hamas leaders, including Damascus-based leader Khaled Mashaal and Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, have voiced support for the idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state within the pre-1967 boundaries.
"The [Hamas] charter was drafted more than 20 years ago," Dwaik noted, adding that his movement would even be prepared to "nullify" the document.
"No one wants to throw anyone into the sea," he said. [...]
Abrahams [a major donor to Britain's Labor Party] said that his decision to engage Hamas was aimed at "preventing bloodshed on both sides." He said he was encouraged by the massive support he found among the Jewish community in Britain for the idea of talking to Hamas.
"I recently published an article in the Jewish Chronicle to test the temperature of the water within the Jewish community about Hamas," he said. "I found a lot of support among Jews for dealing with Hamas and I was pleasantly surprised."
Denying that he had delivered any message from the British government or the EU leadership to Hamas, Abrahams said he was convinced more than ever that the movement posed no threat to the US. "Hamas is different from al-Qaida," he said. "Hamas is no threat to Western interests."
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Dazu auch aktuell aus einem Artikel der israelischen Haaretz:
Hamas to Gaza militias: Stop firing rockets at Israel
[...] Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Islamist movement's government in the coastal enclave, said other armed groups in the Gaza Strip should observe what has amounted to a ceasefire since Israel's major offensive a year ago."
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Selbst die Hamas akzeptiert jetzt sogar das Existenzrecht Israels und zieht sogar in Erwägung ihre Charta zu annulieren. Was wird Israel jetzt tun?
Als die PLO sich in diese Richtung bewegte, tolerierte Israel das Anwachsen der Hamas, um beide gegeneinander auszuspielen. Welche Möglichkeiten bieten sich Israel noch, um weiterhin an seinem Großisrael festzuhalten?