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However, critics argue that Hamas’s position is fundamentally incompatible with peace negotiations involving a two-state solution. Hamas’s publicly stated goal remains the establishment of a single state “from the river to the sea,” which explicitly rejects Israel’s right to exist. Because of this, mainstream international voices emphasize that endorsing Palestinian statehood without addressing Hamas's rejectionist stance risks legitimizing a group that opposes Israel’s existence outright.