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Originally Posted by blankall
Sounds more like a demand to me. They are demanding full recognition and then they will think about recognizing Israel. Sorry that's just not the way it works when you are constantly pledging to destroy your more powerful neighbor.
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I guess it's in interpretation. I took it as "ask me if we recognize them once we get our nation". Which is absolutely no promise of anything
I'm firmly against how Israel has acted, but I find Hamas to be far more disingenuous
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Like I said before, that can all be negotiated.
What happened the last time a Palestinian group decided to lay down its weapons and recognize Israel without any preconditions? More settlement building and a lack of mutual recognition from the other side. Excuse me if I understand where Hamas is coming from on this point.