Which assessment of the unity government makes more sense?
In this corner, we have BBC:
The BBC’s Matthew Price says that while Mr Haniya’s speech will not go far enough for Israel, it is important that a senior member of Hamas has again called for the establishment of a Palestinian state on land occupied by Israel since 1967.
Our correspondent says that some see this as an implicit recognition of Israel’s existence.
And in this corner, we have CNN:
Historically, Haniya’s Hamas party’s use of the term “occupation” does not only refer to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and, previously, Gaza. The group uses the term to characterize Israel’s existence, contending that the Jewish state occupies the Palestinian territories.
