Hamas Gives Israel One Year to Recognize Palestine or Else
Or else we won’t recognize Israel.” Oh, wait.
Mashaal gives Israel year to recognize Palestinian state
Hamas leader says group not planning armed conflict if Israel does not meet deadline; Hamas says will not join renewed peace negotiations.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said that he gives the Israeli government a one-year deadline in which to recognize an independent Palestinian state founded on lands occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem as its capital, Palestinian news channel Ma’an reported.
Mashal added that the challenge does not necessarily imply an armed conflict should Israel fail to recognize an independent Palestinian state, but that “we would add new cards to the resistance,” Ma’an reported. The Hamas leader gave his statement during a meeting with youth activists who demonstrated in the recent Egyptian revolution against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.