Hamas willing to recognize Israel, conditionally

My guess is that Israel will ignore this and go on claiming that Hamas should be spurned by the global community because it seeks to destroy Israel. It's a good story line, and it's worked so far.

The Hamas-led Palestinian government is willing to recognise Israel if the latter withdraws fully from West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera. net has reliably learnt.

Sources close to Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister, described the Hamas decision as a "significant change in policy".