Hamas rejects the two state solution but says it could still be a part of a national unity government should a Palestinian state be established based on 1967 borders.Speaking in Damascus on Saturday, the movement's political leader, Khalid Mashaal (photo), said that Hamas does not view the two-state solution as a viable means to end the conflict with Israel.
Mashaal also warned acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas (photo) against forming a new government without Hamas. He made the comments after an aide to Abbas said the Fatah leader might soon task his prime minister Salaam Fayyad to form a new cabinet.Fayyad had stepped down in March to clear the way for the Egyptian-mediated reconciliation process with Hamas, which will continue on May 16.
The 53-year-old Hamas-leader described such a 'unilateral' decision by Abbas as a move that would 'undermine' the reconciliation talks.
Mashaal, who has been the chairman of Hamas' Political Bureau for over a decade, was reinstated following internal leadership elections late last month.
Courtesy: Press TV
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