(DPA-Ha'aretz) Hamas leaders have firm views on the attempt by Palestinian President Abbas to get the UN to recognize a Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 lines. Mahmoud al-Zahar, a prominent Hamas member in Gaza, says the approach to the UN is a "political scam." "We are not going to recognize Israel. That is very simple. And we are not going to accept Israel as the owner of one square centimeter because it is a fabricated state."
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