Hamas does not want a two state solution. It wants the establishment of a Palestinian state on the ’67 borders, with a long term truce (ranging from 10-25 years). That is not the acceptance of Israel as the ‘second’ state or, indeed, the acceptance of any second state. It is not the end of the conflict for Hamas. It is a gradualist approach. Indeed, as Haniya went on to say in 2010: "'We will never give up on Palestine from the river to the sea,' Haniya told the crowd, referring to the pre-1948 borders of the British Palestine Mandate between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River."[21b]
For Hamas position to be in complete support of a two-state solution or at least stop speaking with two voices, all military commanders and officials must adopt the same position.
"Without this Jihad, this effort, this forbearance and fighting on the frontier, Gaza wouldn't have been liberated. I pray to [Allah] to assist us and to assist you in liberating Jerusalem, the West Bank, Acre, Haifa, Jaffa, Safed, Nazareth, Ashkelon, and the whole of Palestine."
- Muhammad Deif, Hamas Military Commander, 2005[22]
Hamas "cannot give up one inch of the soil of the historical land of Palestine because it is the Muslim endowment."