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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: January 21, 2007 |
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Saturday that his Hamas-led government would be willing to accept a temporary Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem -- an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders -- in exchange for a 10-year truce with Israel.
Proposals for a temporary truce forwarded by Haniyeh have previously been rejected by Israel and the international community because they have not conformed to the international community's demands that the organization recognize Israel's right to exist and renounce violence.
"We are with liberating any inch of Palestine," the Palestinian Prime Minister said in a televised address, explaining his suggestion. "But we will not close the door for the next generation, because the weak don't always stay weak, and the strong won't stay strong," he added. Haniyeh is referring to the Muslim concept of a temporary truce -- a hudna -- which lasts until Hamas has regained its strength and is able to launch new attacks on Israel. |
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