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Dr. Ismail Radwan, a senior political leader of Hamas, stated that Hamas will not deal with or be part of any government which recognizes the occupation, and will not accept the demands of thew Quartet.

Radwan added that Hamas will not accept the abandonment of legitimate Palestinian rights, and will not be part of any government which recognizes Israel as a legitimate entity on the historic lands of Palestine.

In a written statement received by the Palestine Information Center on Monday evening, Radwan said that Hamas will never recognize the occupation and will not grant it legitimacy.

As for the national talks, Radwan stated that the third round of talks had not witnessed “a reconciliatory attitude from Fateh”, adding that Hamas is very serious in terms of achieving unity based on maintaining Palestinian steadfastness and supporting resistance.

“We hope that the coming dialogue session will be more positive”, he said, “We hope our brothers in Fateh will be more positive so we can reach a position where there is sufficient common ground to be able to achieve unity”.