A Hamas official is signaling that the resistance group could give up armed struggle against Israel if the Palestinians get an independent state in territories captured by Israel in the 1967 war.

Basem Naim, an Istanbul-based member of Hamas’ political bureau, told CNN on Thursday that the group would agree to disarm if an independent Palestinian state was established.

“If an independent state with its capital in Jerusalem, while preserving the right of return for refugees, (is created) Al Qassam could be integrated into (a future) national army,” he said, referring to the group’s armed wing.

Mustafa Barghouti, President of the Palestinian National Initiative, told CNN, “It’s significant in the sense that Palestinians are resisting occupation because there is an occupation.” Barghouti added, “If the occupation is not there, they don’t need to resist it,” referring to Israel’s military control of territories captured in 1967, where millions of Palestinians live.