the head of the hamas government in the gaza strip has told united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon that the group supports any steps leading to the creation of a palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, according to the palestinian news agency ramattan. the letter--written by ismail haniyeh on tuesday to coincide with a UN conference currently underway in new york--stated that, "we would never thwart efforts to create an independent palestinian state with borders [from] june 4, 1967, with jerusalem as its capital." the missive also comes as barack obama prepared to meet with benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas for his first mideast summit as US president// yoav segev, 09.22.09, haaretz
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