jpost.com - 1/14/2009
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Hamas has accepted the Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel, the group said Wednesday evening, after talks in Cairo The Hamas delegation was making its way back to Damascus to brief the group's leaders. There was, as yet, no comment from Israel and the fighting in Gaza continued. Seven ...
reason.com - 1/12/2009
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reason.com —
Over at Harvard's Olin Center Middle East Strategy
blog , Brookings Institution scholar Daniel Byman is puzzled
by Israel's endgame strategy (if one exists) in its ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Amongst most mainstream commenters, there is ...
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Ceci n'est pas une Analogy
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Hamas 'accepts' Egyptian 'cease fire'?
Israel Matzav —
Hamas 'accepts' Egyptian 'cease fire'? [image] It was reported about an hour ago that Hamas had accepted the Egyptian cease fire proposal. But at a press conference taking place in Cairo as I type this, Hamas says it has reservations about the Egyptian plan that it is refusing to detail. Don't expect Hamas to announce a cease fire tonight. The Hamas representatives holding the press conference are from Hamas Gaza. To date, most of the objections to a cease fire have come from the Hamas leadership in Syria and elsewhere. But note this from Hamas' Lebanon representative Osama Hamdan (pictured): However, Osama Hamdan, the Hamas representative in Lebanon, said that ...
Hamas Is Breaking
Classical Values —
... are supported by Iran. As to making extremism in the Middle East worse. I believe the war with Hamas is doing the opposite. It is showing that extremism doesn't pay. As for Israel refusing to honor the cease fire? I believe the cease fire never existed - the rockets never stopped. In addition Hamas called off the cease fire anyway. Just the normal cease fire deal in the Middle East. Israel must cease firing and for its enemies ceasing fire is optional. In theory negotiations are going on in Egypt for a cease fire which Hamas claims to have accepted and also claims to have ...
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