A Hamas official said the next Palestinian Authority government will not recognize Israel. Moussa Abu Marzuk, deputy to Hamas supreme leader Khaled Meshaal, said Monday night that even if his governing faction and the rival Fatah Party manage to put together a new coalition, it will not recognize the Jewish state, “nor be required to.”
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