In December 2006, Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the PA, declared that the PA will never recognize Israel: We will never recognize the usurper Zionist government and will continue our jihad-like movement until the liberation of Jerusalem.[41] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority In 1996, the PLO nullified the articles of the PLOs Charter, or parts of it, which called for the destruction of Israel and for armed resistance.[17] Although Egypt and Jordan supported the creation of a Palestinian state on land that they recognised as being occupied by Israel, they would not grant sovereignty to the Palestinian people in lands under Jordanian and Egyptian military occupation, amounting to 53% of the territory allocated to Arabs under the UN Partition Plan. Hence, Article 24: This Organization does not exercise any territorial sovereignty over the West Bank, the Gaza Strip or in the Himmah Area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization The Hamas Charter (or Covenant), issued in 1988, outlined the organizations position on many issues at the time. It identifies Hamas as the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine and declares its members to be Muslims who fear God and raise the banner of Jihad in the face of the oppressors. The charter states our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious and calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic state in Palestine, in place of Israel and the Palestinian Territories,[37] and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel.[73][74] The Charter also asserts that through shrewd manipulation of imperial countries and secret societies, Zionists were behind a wide range of events and disasters going as far back in history as the French Revolution. Among the charters controversial statements is the following: The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews [and kill them]; until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: Oh Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him![36] The document also quotes Islamic religious texts to provide justification for fighting against and killing the Jews of Israel,[75] presenting the Arab–Israeli conflict as an inherently irreconcilable struggle between Jews and Muslims, and Judaism and Islam,[36] adding that the only way to engage in this struggle between truth and falsehood is through Islam and by means of jihad, until victory or martyrdom.[36] The Charter adds that renouncing any part of Palestine means renouncing part of the religion of Islam.[76] The charter states that Hamas is humanistic, and tolerant of other religions as long as they do not block Hamass efforts.[77] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
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