Deposed Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haneya said on Thursday his Islamic movement will not block any attempt to create a Palestinian statehood in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem.

"The establishment of the Palestinian statehood on the borders of the territories occupied in June 1967 is a joint national goal and Hamas will not be an obstacle on its way," Haneya said, adding that "Hamas movement was seeking to achieve it."

However, Haneya stressed that this acceptance does not mean that Hamas will agree to recognize Israel, saying that Israel has to accept a long-term truce in exchange for Hamas acceptance of a statehood within the 1967 borders.

Hamas' charter calls for the destruction of Israel and the Islamic movement has often slammed its secular rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, for being engaged in peace talks with the Jewish state.

Meanwhile, Haneya said his movement "can not integrate with Fatah" due to the difference in the political programs of the two movements.

"We seek to coexist with Fatah, not to integrate with it. We want to establish an era of coexistence to serve the era of liberation," Haneya continued.

In June 2007, Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces, ousted Fatah and seized control of the Gaza Strip in a deadly one-week fighting. Only until late February, Egypt succeeded in launching Palestinian reconciliation talks mainly between the two movements.

Though Hamas and Fatah agreed on forming a transitional unity government, their different political agendas blocked an agreement on the government's platform.