Controversy and Ambiguity
Much of the controversy regarding the Prisoners' Document hinged on whether the Document recognizes Israel. While the Prisoners' Document does not explicitly recognize the right of Israel to exist, it does explicitly embrace the idea of a Palestinian state solely on pre-1967 boundaries. Point #1 states that "The Palestinian people in the homeland and in the Diaspora seek ... to establish their independent state with al-Quds al-Shareef as its capital on all territories occupied in 1967".
Hamas has advocated for a Palestinian state within the territories set out for an Arab state by the 1947 UN partitition plan. Thus, the Document was described as a historical renunciation of Hamas' claim to a Palestinian state on all of the historic Mandatory Palestine territory.
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