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Point in time? >> well, first of all, were not asking any israeli government to negotiate with hamas. you have more extremist element who is refuse to recognize, who articulate racist arguments. nobodys saying we want to pick and choose whos in the israeli government. we are setting up an independent government of professionals, and the plo remains the political decisionmaker, and the presidents agenda is what has dominated the political scene. so theres nothing new except we are empowering ours...

>> dont you think -- well, first of all, im not a hamas spokesperson, but dont you think thats not the real issue? the real issue is the continued israeli occupation of palestinian territory. >> doctor, with all due respect, even prime minister netanyahu, whom you view as perhaps a tougher adversary to negotiate with than some of his predecessors, made it very clear in his speech to the united states congress that israel would cede territory that it feels it has a legitimate claim to. a two-stat...

>> im so sorry. its unfortunate because i live there. ive lived this all my life. but ive been part of this all my life. and unfortunately, there are people who are very good at spin and presenting a public discourse that is not entirely consistent with the truth. let me tell you that in -- >> are you saying im one of those people? >> no, no, no, no. >> let me ask you this simple question. having heard president obamas speech, having heard prime minister netanyahus speech, why cannot hamas simpl...

Would cede territory that it feels it has a legitimate claim to. a two-state solution. it wants nothing more than to get rid of those territories. >> its not being generous. netanyahu is not saying were giving up israeli land. they are saying, okay, whats ours is ours, now lets see how much we can keep of whats yours. the west bank of gaza occupied territory. this should be understood. >> doctor. >> and according to international law, israel has no right to annex any part of that or to remove it...

>> well, first of all, were not asking any israeli government to negotiate with hamas. you have more extremist element who is refuse to recognize, who articulate racist arguments. nobodys saying we want to pick and choose whos in the israeli government. we are setting up an independent government of professionals, and the plo remains the political decisionmaker, and the presidents agenda is what has dominated the political scene. so theres nothing new except we are empowering ourselves, we are r...

Question. having heard president obamas speech, having heard prime minister netanyahus speech, why cannot hamas simply stand up and say we renounce terrorism, we recognize the state of israel, now let us move forward to a simple resolution of property? why can they not do that? >> i suggest you ask hamas that, because hamas gave israel, as i told you, a cease-fire, and they accepted the two-state solution. >> but you have defended hamas every time. >> look, we could say the same thing, huh, to t...

Theyre divided. we cannot negotiate with someone who doesnt represent everybody. now that we did our utmost in order to repair the political system and create a vibrant, inclusive democracy, we are being told you cannot -- we will not talk to you because you have an inclusive system and youre talking to hamas. hamas is part of our political system. >> doctor, with all due respect, hamas is a terrorist organization. even those of us who are desperately seeking a way to thread the needle and to ge...

Theyre divided. we cannot negotiate with someone who doesnt represent everybody. now that we did our utmost in order to repair the political system and create a vibrant, inclusive democracy, we are being told you cannot -- we will not talk to you because you have an inclusive system and youre talking to hamas. hamas is part of our political system. >> doctor, with all due respect, hamas is a terrorist organization. even those of us who are desperately seeking a way to thread the needle and to ge...

We are setting up an independent government of professionals, and the plo remains the political decisionmaker, and the presidents agenda is what has dominated the political scene. so theres nothing new except we are empowering ourselves, we are repairing our political system, were repairing our democracy in order to have elections, and we are respecting the pluralism within palestinian society and hamas as accepted the two-state solution, so were moving ahead. when there was a rift, when there w...

Say we accept the right of israel to exist, and change its charter? president obama has made that a precondition for negotiations. why not do that? >> dont you think -- well, first of all, im not a hamas spokesperson, but dont you think thats not the real issue? the real issue is the continued israeli occupation of palestinian territory. >> doctor, with all due respect, even prime minister netanyahu, whom you view as perhaps a tougher adversary to negotiate with than some of his predecessors, ma...