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Hamas Head: We Will Never Recognize the Legitimacy of a Zionist State
(Guardian-UK) Khaled Mashaal - Khaled Mashaal, the Damascus-based head of the political bureau of Hamas, wrote in the Guardian on Tuesday: "When the Palestinians went to the polls last Wednesday they were well aware of what was on offer and those who voted for Hamas knew what it stood for....Our message to the U.S. and EU governments is this: your attempt to force us to give up our principles or our struggle is in vain....Our message to the Muslim and Arab nations is this: we expect you to step in and compensate the Palestinian people for any loss of aid." "We shall never recognize the legitimacy of a Zionist state created on our soil in order to atone for somebody else's sins or solve somebody else's problem. But if you are willing to accept the principle of a long-term truce, we are prepared to negotiate the terms."