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Hamas says it could adopt Arab peace plan
AMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - The Palestinian Hamas-led government said it was debating adopting a 2002 Arab peace plan which calls for the recognition of Israel in return for a restoration of pre-1967 borders.
The guarded statement by deputy prime minister Nasseridin al-Shaer posted on Hamas's website said the radical Islamic group was willing to end the Middle East conflict and considered the Arab League plan, adopted at its 2002 Beirut summit, a viable option.
"We are not afraid to pay a political price for it (peace), but this must be done in coordination collectively with all Arab countries and on a legal basis," Shaer said.
"The point of departure is perhaps the decisions of the Arab summit, in particular the summit in Beirut, but these scenarios must be debated internally," he said, stressing "nothing had been decided yet."
The Arab League plan calls for full diplomatic relations between Israel and Arab states, in return for Israel's full withdrawal from the territories it occupied in the 1967 Middle East War, consisting of east Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights.
Shaer said for Hamas to accept the plan Israel must recognize the legitimacy of the Hamas government, which upset Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's more moderate Fatah party in a January parliamentary election.
Asked about Shaer's comments on the Arab plan, Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad confirmed the Islamic movement was studying the idea.
"There are discussions and proposals," Hamad said, but he made clear Hamas was not thinking about recognising Israel. "The question of recognising Israel is rejected. We are for solutions which do not renounce Palestinian principles."
Hamas is under heavy international pressure to renounce violence and accept Israel's existence.
The group's refusal to buckle under pressure has resulted in the slashing of direct aid to the Palestinian Authority from the United States and European Union.
The massive curtailment of aid is aggravating an already desperate situation in the Palestinian territories, which have been battered by a half-decade of war.
The Arab peace plan, promoted by Saudi ruler King Abdullah, was endorsed by the Arab League to great fanfare in March 2002, but was dismissed by Israel.
Within days of its adoption by the Arab League, the plan was rendered obsolete by the Israeli military reoccupation of the West Bank following a wave of suicide bombings.