Hamas must renounce terrorism: White House

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) If Hamas wants to be recognised it must renounce terrorism, and the United States is waiting to see if the group's apparent implicit recognition of Israel is real, White House spokesman Tony Snow said today.

''Let's wait until we see something for real,'' Snow told reporters.

''It's one of those vague things where people are doing a little bit of bargaining through the press and what we would hope, if Hamas wants recognition it has to renounce terror and it has to abide by the other steps that we have talked about. Those are baseline conditions.'' REUTERS SHB ND1930