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Hamas official says group would lay down its weapons if a two-state solution is implemented
- - - We now must add Khalil al-Hayya to the Biden-Netanyahu mix. . .
By ABBY SEWELL
Updated 1:30 AM EDT, April 25, 2024
ISTANBUL (AP) — A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
The comments by Khalil al-Hayya in an interview Wednesday came amid a stalemate in months of cease-fire talks. The suggestion that Hamas would disarm appeared to be a significant concession by the militant group officially committed to Israel’s destruction.
But it’s unlikely Israel would consider such a scenario. It has vowed to crush Hamas following the deadly Oct. 7 attacks that triggered the war, and its current leadership is adamantly opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state on lands Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war.
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What's YOUR take?
Mine is that: THIS has cost thousands of lives SO FAR and the ONLY positive facet for us is that it's 'over there'!
