I think in this case Carter is telling an outright lie. This dishonest bunckum artist gets no more benefit of the doubt on anything.

“Hamas accepts the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and with full and real sovereignty and full application of the right of the Palestinian refugees to return, but Hamas will not recognize the state of Israel,” Mr. Meshal said.

Translation: “Hamas would like an internationally recognized State from which to begin the conquest of the rest of Palestine.”