Supporters of the Fatah movement protest against the Palestinian Hamas government during a rally in Jabalya camp September 22, 2006. Hamas said on Friday it would not join any Palestinian unity government that recognised Israel, rebuffing President Mahmoud Abbas who told the United Nations any future coalition would do so and also renounce violence.[Reuters]

"Frankly, we and any government Hamas leads will never recognize the Israeli enemy or its legitimacy," said Ismail Radwan, adding that the Hamas stance would remain firm even if it lead to disagreements with other factions.

Radwan said that Hamas takes its force from the Prisoners Document of National Accordance which didn't urge the recognition of Israel and maintained the Palestinian principles.

But for other Palestinians, the document, initiated by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, called for an implicit recognition of Israel by claiming a Palestinian statehood alongside Israel.

Radwan, meanwhile, dismissed accusations by the opposition Fatah movement that Hamas doesn't believe in democracy, saying that the democracy doesn't support "means of toppling the government by chaos and anarchy.

Accused Fatah leaders of releasing "inappropriate statements against Hamas and its government, Radwan said that Hamas is interesting to let "other factions join the upcoming government of national unity while Hamas has the parliamentary majority and was able to form it alone".