In today's edition of the Cape Times and the Citizen there is a Reuters piece on the agreement reached between Hamas and Fatah over the "Prisoners Document". The document, which calls for the "right of return" does not mention recognition of Israel.
| The political document, penned by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, implicitly recognises Israel. But the phrasing of the Abbas-Haniyeh deal appeared to leave the prime minister's Hamas movement wriggle room on the issue. |
Wriggle room? Hardly. Another piece by Reuters, ignored by the local newspapers quotes Hamas.
| But Hamas legislator Salah al-Bardaweel told Reuters: “We said we accept a state (in territory occupied) in 1967 — but we did not say we accept two states.” |
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