Among the conditions of Hamas for forming a Palestinian Authority unity government with Fatah will be the abrogation of all agreements with Israel. In an interview with a newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, top Hamas terrorist Mahmoud Al-Zahar said that Hamas would not change its policy on refusing to recognize Israel, even if it works out a unity deal with Fatah.
"The Zionist entity is a foreign power that has nothing to do with the land of Palestine and this alien body should get out of our lands," he was quoted as saying, adding that Hamas continued to believe that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' acceptance of the "two state solution is the same as accepting pre-conditions, which we oppose."