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Palestinian PM Rules Out Ever Recognizing Israel

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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh Friday said the Hamas militant group will never recognize Israel's right to exist, rejecting a key demand of the international community and signaling further deadlock in efforts to forge a Palestinian coalition government.

Hamas will not recognize Israel "no matter for how long," he said, adding that the group will not give up its armed struggle against the Jewish state. "Resistance is a legitimate right...We will not give up our right to defend ourselves."

In a Friday sermon in Gaza City, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, a top Hamas official, accused the U.S. of trying to impose a new government on the Palestinians.

"They don't want us to worship God. They want us to worship America," he said.

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Reply#1 - Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:40 PM EDT
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This is exactly what everyone has known all along. This is why Israel should never negotiate peace as long as Hamas is supported. The only hope is for the Palestinians who are intelligent enough to see that peace with Israel is in the best interest to get rid of Hamas and extremist like them.

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Reply#2 - Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:33 PM EDT
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