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"We do not fight Jews because they are Jews, but we fight Zionists because they are occupiers and abusers."
"Reconciliation means the unity of the political program. One president and one parliament and one representative, which is the PLO."
On January 25, 2006, Palestinians overwhelmingly elected Hamas PLC representatives as their legitimate government. Institutionalized Fatah corruption defeated them.
Hamas promised change. Israel intervened. Isolating the new government began straightaway. Israel orchestrated the Fatah/Hamas conflict. In June 2007, siege was imposed. Israel subverts reconciliation efforts.
In March 2004, Israel assassinated Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. He wanted peace, not conflict.
He said Hamas' liberating struggle would end "if the Zionists ended their occupation of Palestinian territories and stopped killing Palestinian women, children and innocent children."
Current Hamas leaders express willingness to recognize Israel in return for self-determination in peace inside pre-1967 borders. It represents 22% of historic Palestine.
Numerous times it agreed to unilateral ceasefires in spite of repeated Israeli violations. It responds defensively only after repeated IDF provocations. They never end. They ebb and flow in greater or lesser numbers and intensity.
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