Russia to Hamas: Honor PA agreements

I don't think that hamas has the ability to change. They are more like a sect of islam than a political entity. Their desire to kill Jews runs much too deep. Once a slimy, pali terrorist, always a slimy pali terrorist.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned Hamas on Friday that the Palestinian terrorist group will have no future if it fails to transform itself into a political institution. He called upon the organization to respect all of the previous agreements signed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Lavrov said there was a "need for Hamas, having been elected to a political body, to transform itself into a political party and to be sure that the military wing of Hamas become a legitimate part of the Palestinian security structures."
He spoke to the international media before talks with a Hamas delegation that arrived in Moscow Friday, the group's highest-profile foreign visit since winning Palestinian parliamentary elections in January.
During their meeting, Lavrov said that Russia respects the Palestinian elections in which Hamas rose to power; he noted that they were free and fair. Hamas' exiled political leader Khaled Mashaal expressed interest in Russia playing a special role in the middle east.
Russia's invitation to Hamas, extended by President Vladimir Putin, was the first crack in an international front against the group, considered a terrorist organization by Israel, the European Union and the United States.
Russia aims to induce Hamas to back off its refusal to recognize Israel. But upon arrival in Moscow, Mashaal bluntly rejected any discussion of the issue.
"The issue of recognition [of Israel] is a decided issue," Mashaal said. "We don't intend to recognize Israel."

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