Hamas: Haniyeh did not say he wants peace

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3221239,00.html

Hamas: Haniyeh did not say he wants peace



Group spokesman Salah Bardaweil says designated Palestinian PM was misquoted in Washington Post interview
Ali Waked

Hamas has denied comments attributed to its prime ministerial candidate Ismail Haniyeh. In an interview with the Washington Post, Haniyeh was quoted as saying that his organization was willing to recognize Israel if it withdraws to the June 1967 lines.


"Hamas has the full interview recorded and there is no connection to what the sheikh said to the headlines in the newspaper," said Hamas party list spokesman Dr. Salah al-Bardaweil.
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The Hamas spokesman disassociated his organization from the comments and said that the quotes in the newspaper were inaccurate, adding that Heniyeh said in response to a question on whether he would be willing to recognize Israel: "If Israel withdraws from the territories it conquered in '67 and if it releases all of the Palestinian prisoners and if it returns the refugees to their homes, then we will discuss it."
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He added that Hamas continues to be obligated to its stance to not recognize Israeli occupation and that it is unwilling to abandon the principles of the Palestinians.

(02.26.06, 17:28)

[Jim Sagle]

1. No partner for peace?

:shrug:

[barb162]

2. Seems so

[tatertop]

3. Negotiations must begin somewhere

If you want Hamas to negotiate peacefully, give them the tools required to do so.
Hamas needs money and international support if they are
to bring strength to the peace table.
UN observers are a must. I am for stopping ALL the violence, COMPLETELY.
Israel must allow omnipresent UN observers so that
ALL violence can be monitored and ALL transgressors punished.
This would be progress.

[pelsar]

6. the UN personal left.....

seems the palestenains in gaza didnt want them anymore....and the dutch in Hebron?...they too couldnt be protected by the palestenains from the palestenains.

[Tom Joad]

8. "palestenains"? Are they near "iseralis"?

[Poppyseedman]

4. Me thinks he needs to get his story straight

One story for the gullible American press and one story for the Arab world.

Hamas has a chance to be a legitimate government. Hopefully they will not blow it.

Arafat and Sharon were obstacles to peace simply because of who they were historically, now that is a moot point.

[barb162]

5. And Abbas is singing one tune and Hamas another (or two)

[Wordie]

7. Isn't this a bit misleading? It appears he didn't mention the *word* peace

but the article's title tends to make it sound as if he was against any idea of peace, when actually, it appears that he just didn't address the issue directly at all.