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Hamas denies deal recognizes Israel
Last Updated Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:30:21 EDT
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed on a plan Tuesday to end their power struggle, but Hamas denied earlier reports that the deal implicitly recognized Israel.
Israeli armoured vehicles gather on the edge of the Gaza Strip. (Oded Balilty-buttociated Press)Israeli armoured vehicles gather on the edge of the Gaza Strip. (Oded Balilty-buttociated Press)
The agreement follows weeks of acrimonious negotiations surrounding the document, which was written earlier this year by Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisons.
The 18-point proposal calls for a Palestinian state alongside Israel. But Palestinian minister Abdel Rahman Zeidan told the BBC Tuesday that the deal does not recognize the state of Israel.
"There is no agreement between the Palestinians on specifically this phrase," the BBC quoted Zeidan as saying. "You will not find one word in the document clearly stating the recognition of Israel as a state. Nobody has agreed to this. This was not on the table. This was not in the dialogue."
There is no recognition of Israel, real or implicit.
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