Hamas — 2017 'Document of General Principles and Policies' (Zionism-not-Jews distinction, formula-of-national-consensus 1967-borders)

From the Hamas Document of General Principles and Policies (Wathiqat al-Mabadi' al-Amma wa-al-Siyasat al-Amma li-Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah — Hamas), issued at a press conference in Doha 1 May 2017 by then-Hamas chairman Khaled Meshaal as a 42-article doctrinal-update from the foundational 1988 Hamas Covenant (separately staged in Tayyar):

On the Zionist project as conflict-target (Articles 14-17 area):
'Palestine is a land that was seized by a racist, anti-human and colonial Zionist project.'

'Hamas affirms that its conflict is with the Zionist project not with the Jews because of their religion.'
[NOTE: This 2017 framing is doctrinally crucial — it explicitly disambiguates 'conflict with Zionist project' from 'conflict with Jews because of their religion.' This 2017 articulation makes formal what Yassin's 1997 NYT statement (already staged) had articulated in interview form 20 years earlier. The framing is the canonical Hamas-doctrinal-modernization moment, designed to position Hamas as politically-not-religiously-opposed-to-Israel for international audiences.]

On the 1967 borders framework (Articles 18-23 area, the 'formula of national consensus' language):
The document describes accepting a Palestinian state 'in accordance with the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital' as a 'formula of national consensus' while maintaining rejection of the Zionist entity.
[NOTE: This 2017 'formula of national consensus' framing is the most-cited single articulation of Hamas's 2017 partial-acceptance of 1967-borders-two-state-framework. The framing is doctrinally distinct from the 1988 Covenant (already staged) which rejected all 'initiatives and peaceful solutions and international conferences' as inconsistent with the Islamic Resistance Movement's principles. The 2017 Document preserves the maximalist position (all of historic Palestine) as the doctrinal-aspiration while accepting 1967-borders-state as the doctrinal-tactical-formula.]

Historical context: The 2017 Document was authored by a Hamas committee chaired by Mousa Abu Marzouk over 4 years (2013-2017). It was issued by Khaled Meshaal in Doha 1 May 2017 — a venue chosen for its symbolic distance from both Gaza (under Hamas control) and the West Bank (under PA control). The document was widely interpreted by Western analysts as a Hamas-positioning-for-international-engagement attempt; the Israeli government rejected it as 'window-dressing' that preserved the 1988 Covenant's maximalist objectives in tactical language.