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New Hamas policy document ‘aims to soften image’
The Palestinian militant group Hamas has published a new policy document – the first since its founding charter.
It declares for the first time a willingness to accept an interim Palestinian state within pre-1967 boundaries, without recognising Israel.
It also says Hamas’s struggle is not with Jews but with “occupying Zionist aggressors”.
The 1988 charter was condemned for its anti-Jewish…