Report: Zahar says 'there's no room for Israel on this land'

And we could expect no less from a pali terrorist.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar was quoted in a weekend interview to a Chinese news agency defending Hamas' declared goal of eventually destroying Israel.
Zahar, a prominent Hamas leader sworn into the Palestinian Authority cabinet last week, told the Xinhua news agency that he is certain the goal will be realized, because "there is no place for Israel on this land."
According to the interview, Zahar maintained that Palestinians have no problem with the Jewish religion, only with the Israeli occupation, and said he does not rule out the possibility of Jews, Muslims and Christians living together in one Islamic state.
Zahar, considered to be among the more militant of Hamas leaders sworn into the PA government last Wednesday, conceded to Xinhua that Hamas could possibly accept a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, he dismissed Israel's declared support of such a solution.
Reiterating Hamas' opposition to negotiations with Israel, Zahar told his interviewer, "Israel doesn't want peace nor does it have any peace project. Therefore, we told our people and tell them that there will be no negotiations."
Zahar also called on the international community to accept the Palestinian people's choice of Hamas in the January 25 election swept by the militant group.
The Bush administration insists it would have no dealings with Hamas cabinet ministers because of the organization's refusal to accept Israel's right to exist and embrace international terms for Middle East peace-making.
The Palestinian cabinet headed by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, and endorsed Tuesday by the Palestinian legislature, is made up entirely of Hamas members and independents allied to the militant Islamic organization.

Palestinian prime minister criticizes U.S. for cutting diplomatic ties
The new Palestinian Authority prime minister, Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh, criticized the U.S. on Sunday for restricting diplomatic ties with the Hamas government, saying his people were being punished for electing the militant Islamic group.
On Friday, the U.S. announced that American diplomats have been forbidden to make contact with officials in any Palestinian government agency controlled by Hamas, whose charter calls for Israel's destruction. The Islamic group's new Cabinet controls every government ministry.
State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said diplomats would maintain contact with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and lawmakers from his Fatah movement, which favors peace talks.
"This government was elected in a free and honest election, and according to the democratic principles the American administration is calling for," Haniyeh told a group of supporters who had come to his office to wish his new government well.
"We believe this is a punishment of the Palestinian people because of its democratic choice, and at the same time, it increases the people's suffering," he said.