(Ynet News) Ali Waked - Haniyeh was quoted as saying that his organization was willing to recognize Israel if it withdraws to the June 1967 lines. However, "Hamas has the full interview recorded and there is no connection between what the sheikh said and the headlines in the newspaper," said Hamas party list spokesman Dr. Salah al-Bardaweil. Haniyeh was quoted as saying that "Hamas does not want to throw the Jews into the sea" and that "if Israel withdraws to the '67 borders, then we will establish a peace in stages." The Hamas spokesman disassociated his organization from the comments and said that the quotes in the newspaper were inaccurate
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