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Israel rebuffs Hamas despite historic offer

PALESTINIAN resistance movement Hamas made major concessions to Israel on Monday night when it unveiled its new charter.

The five-page document, the result of four years of debate, was presented by outgoing Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Mashaal at a press conference in Qatar’s capital Dohar.

Key shifts in the movement’s position included recognition of the 1967 borders between Israel and the occupied territories as the basis for a future Palestinian state.

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