Palastine should not be a nation - not yet

"GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, making his first ever visit to the Gaza Strip, vowed on Saturday never to recognize Israel and said his Islamist group would never abandon its claim to all Israeli territory.

"Palestine is ours from the river to the sea and from the south to the north. There will be no concession on an inch of the land," he told a sea of supporters at an open-air rally, the highlight of his three-day stay in Gaza.

"We will never recognize the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation and therefore there is no legitimacy for Israel, no matter how long it will take."

http://news.yahoo.com/hamas-leader-vows-never-recognize-israel-140726192.html

Why should Israel, or any of the first world, recognize the legitimacy of a Palestinian state until Hamas is either willing to recognize Israel, or they're removed from governing authority or destroyed?

I think the Palestinian people deserve to have a nation but not until their leaders (Hamas has governing authority over the Gaza strip) reciprocate that recognition back.  Israel is recognized by the UN and pretty much the entirety of the first world.  When Hamas joins the first world, then things can move forward toward peace and mutual recognition and respect.

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Lee Jay
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