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May 20, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051901586.html?hpid=moreheadlines

France Discloses Contacts with Hamas

[Washington Post] Molly Moore - France has had contacts with the leaders of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas "for several months," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday. In an interview with Europe 1 radio, Kouchner said Hamas still does not recognize the State of Israel but is "more flexible than before" on the subject. Historically, Hamas has called for Israel's elimination. In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said, "We don't believe it is helpful to the process of bringing peace to the region." The U.S. and EU consider Hamas a terrorist organization.

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