In this interview Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared a position on Palestinian statehood that is nearly identical to that of his Fatah rival, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in an interview with CNN aired Wednesday.
"I accept a Palestinian state according [to] the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as the capital, with the right to return," the Hamas leader told Christine Amanpour in Cairo.
"After this state is established, it decides its standing toward Israel," the Hamas leader said. JPost
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This is much the same thing that Mashall insisted on saying on Charlie Rose's show in 2010. Rose appeared to be unhappy with this and kept questioning Mashall in the apparent hope that he would express some anti-semitic thoughts.
IMO Mashall can say this until his head falls off or is blown off by the "Israel friendly community" and nothing will result. Israel does not want peace with the Palestinians on any sort of basis of equality. The PA has been sufficiently subjugated with money and fear to produce a peace of unequals. HAMAS has not been subjugaed yet. The struggle will continue indefinitely. pl
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11032
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=293084&rz=n_22nov12
