The Wall Street Journal [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124899975954495435.html?mod=djemITP#printMode]today reports that Hamas Chief Khaled Meshaal told Jay Solomon and Julien Barnes-Dacey in an interview that "We along with other Palestinian factions in consensus agreed upon accepting a Palestinian state on the 1967 lines. This is the national program. This is our program. This is a position we stand by and respect." Meshaal also insisted that Hamas would commit to an immediate reciprocal cease-fire with Israel and a prisoner swap.
Anti-Hamas activists will note that he also insisted that he would accept and respect a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders "as part of a broader peace agreement with Israel" if Israel accepted the right of return for millions of Palestinian refugees and the establishment of a capital for the Palestinian state in East Jerusalem.
But what is fascinating is that Meshaal has in fact, parroted the official negotiating position of the PLO and of Fatah. Even though a number of PLO leaders have privately admitted to Israelis that they might forego the right of return in exchange for the 1967 borders, this has never been the official negotiating position and even President Mahmoud Abbas has publicly stuck to the line that there needs to be a "just and agreed" resolution of the refugee issue. On East Jerusalem, there is no daylight between the Hamas and PLO position.
Zionism, Ruin of the Soul, video by Sameh Brill By Guest Post • Aug 13th, 2009 at 19:18 Natan Sharansky welcoming "imported" Israelis for "natural growth" on Palestinian lands)
Our fantastic Sameh Brill has come up with another of his great "Hidden Truth Series" videos that compiles documents to tell the story of what is behind what happens. In this number, Obama and his views on Israel, (with some Israeli views on Obama that are less than flattering), the expulsions of Palestinians from their own homes in from East Jerusalem, but not only there.
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