GAZA (Reuters) - Defying international pressure, the militant Islamic group Hamas said on Friday it will never recognise Israel but might be willing to negotiate terms for a temporary truce with the Jewish state.
Khaled Meshaal, the top leader of Hamas which won last week's Palestinian parliamentary election by a landslide, made the offer to Israel via a column titled "To whom it may concern", published in the al-Hayat al-Jadida newspaper.
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