Palestine: From The River To The Sea
When Hudna is Taqiyyah: al-Zahar speaks of 'hudna' to West, Destruction of Israel on al-Manar
By Steve Schippert
There will be no hudna. Mahmoud al-Zahar made that clear just days before uttering the word to the West through CNN.
Three days ago, it was widely reported that Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar offered ‘hudna’ (truce) to Israel if they simply recognize the pre-1967 borders and give them more land. Al-Zahar told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview that if Israel “is ready to give us the national demand to withdraw from the occupied area [in] ‘67; to release our detainees; to stop their aggression; to make geographic link between Gaza Strip and West Bank, at that time, with assurance from other sides, we are going to accept to establish our independent state at that time, and give us one or two, 10, 15 years time in order to see what is the real intention of Israel after that. We can accept to establish our independent state on the area occupied [in] ‘67….after that, let time heal.”
Many in the West assume al-Zahar means ‘heal the differences between Israel and the Palestinians.’ This is a dangerous assumption.
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