While Meshal maintained a hardline stance in his speech in Gaza (see below), in private discussions he expressed a readiness to accept a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. Meshal even stated that, if Israel reconsidered its attitude toward the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 – which calls upon the Arab world to recognize Israel’s right to exist in exchange for Israel’s return to its 1967 borders – Hamas would do the same.
哈马斯态度的变化信号正在变得日益明显。尽管马沙尔在加沙讲话中继续保持了强硬立场，但在私下场合，他已表示准备接受在1967年界线的基础上建立巴勒斯坦国。马沙尔甚至表示，如果以色列重新考虑其对2002年阿拉伯和平倡议（Arab Peace Initiative of 2002，该倡议号召阿拉伯国家承认以色列存在的权利，以换取以色列退回1967年界线）的态度，哈马斯也将如此。