Hamas Chief Won’t Recognize Israel’s Right To Exist
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UNITED NATIONS — As America joined European, Russian, and U.N. officials at Turtle Bay yesterday in welcoming the possible participation of Hamas in a future Palestinian Arab unity government, the terrorist group’s leader, Ismail Haniyah, said he will not recognize Israel.
The split screen-like drama occurred as American policy-makers faced growing criticism in Europe, at the United Nations, and among Arab leaders, who said the Bush administration’s lack of diplomatic activity has led to an economic downturn in the Palestinian Arab territories.
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