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Hamas’s new peace diplomacy: How will Israel react?
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This week, Hamas succeeded in making itself a major news headline. The group had long been under pressure to update its 1988 founding charter, which called for the destruction of Israel, which it finally did so. However, before it revealed the exact nature of the changes, Hamas prepared its anxious supporters by leaking clauses to see their reactions before any official release of its “new political document.”
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“It is the outcome of a political dialogue that has been held over a very long time, but it is also about a feeling of necessity regarding interacting with the international community, and giving the right impression about themselves – a sign of maturity and a sign of political development.”
– Mustafa Barghouti
In order to manage optics, Hamas instead of revising the previous charter, Hamas released a new one and emphasized that this new document was not to replace or nullify the old one, indicating that Hamas might be concerned about the unity of its followers. Several Hamas leaders have repeatedly criticized the Charter, as did the opponents of the movement. Despite all of that, the Charter remained untouched for almost thirty long years.
The pressure to change the document dates back to the second Palestinian uprising in 2000 after the former Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin stated that Hamas was willing to accept the two-state solution as a temporary solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The new document emphasizes the rejection of “sectarian extremism and bigotry” and affirms the support for the values of tolerance, justice, and minority rights. It also clarifies that Hamas’s conflict is with Zionism as a political movement, not Judaism.
“Hamas does not wage a struggle against the Jews because they are Jewish but wages a struggle against the Zionists who occupy Palestine. Yet, it is the Zionists who constantly identify Judaism and the Jews with their own colonial project and illegal entity.”
“Hamas is attempting to fool the world but it will not succeed.”
– David Keyes, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The document accepts a Palestine that will be based on the 1967 border with Jerusalem as its capital. The new document also insists that Hamas is a not a revolutionary force that seeks to intervene in other countries, a commitment that will be welcomed by states such as Egypt. Israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, saying: “Hamas is attempting to fool the world, but it will not succeed.”
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Hamas has historically struggled not to appear to be seen as a follower of the PLO, especially since the PLO is constantly subject to local, regional, and international pressures. It would present Hamas as a defeated organization, which would have meant the loss of supporters.
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Hamas’s new peace diplomacy: How will Israel react?
Global Village Space |
This week, Hamas succeeded in making itself a major news headline. The group had long been under pressure to update its 1988 founding charter, which called for the destruction of Israel, which it finally did so. However, before it revealed the exact nature of the changes, Hamas prepared its anxious supporters by leaking clauses to see their reactions before any official release of its “new political document.”
Read more: Will the state of Palestine be Obama’s legacy?
“It is the outcome of a political dialogue that has been held over a very long time, but it is also about a feeling of necessity regarding interacting with the international community, and giving the right impression about themselves – a sign of maturity and a sign of political development.”
– Mustafa Barghouti
In order to manage optics, Hamas instead of revising the previous charter, Hamas released a new one and emphasized that this new document was not to replace or nullify the old one, indicating that Hamas might be concerned about the unity of its followers. Several Hamas leaders have repeatedly criticized the Charter, as did the opponents of the movement. Despite all of that, the Charter remained untouched for almost thirty long years.
The pressure to change the document dates back to the second Palestinian uprising in 2000 after the former Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin stated that Hamas was willing to accept the two-state solution as a temporary solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The new document emphasizes the rejection of “sectarian extremism and bigotry” and affirms the support for the values of tolerance, justice, and minority rights. It also clarifies that Hamas’s conflict is with Zionism as a political movement, not Judaism.
“Hamas does not wage a struggle against the Jews because they are Jewish but wages a struggle against the Zionists who occupy Palestine. Yet, it is the Zionists who constantly identify Judaism and the Jews with their own colonial project and illegal entity.”
“Hamas is attempting to fool the world but it will not succeed.”
– David Keyes, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The document accepts a Palestine that will be based on the 1967 border with Jerusalem as its capital. The new document also insists that Hamas is a not a revolutionary force that seeks to intervene in other countries, a commitment that will be welcomed by states such as Egypt. Israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, saying: “Hamas is attempting to fool the world, but it will not succeed.”
Read more: In ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ Israel, Separate Lives and Divergent Narratives
Hamas has historically struggled not to appear to be seen as a follower of the PLO, especially since the PLO is constantly subject to local, regional, and international pressures. It would present Hamas as a defeated organization, which would have meant the loss of supporters.
Read full article:
Hamas’s new peace diplomacy: How will Israel react?
