haaretz.com - 1/14/2009
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Hamas representatives held a press conference in Cairo Monday evening following talks with Egyptian officials, and announced that they have accepted in principle an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire agreement to end the fighting between the Islamist group and Israel in the Gaza Strip, saying ...
ynetnews.com - 1/15/2009
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ynetnews.com —
Palestinian sources tell Ynet fighting in Gaza to
cease within 72 hours for period of two weeks,...
during which sides will discuss supervision of crossings, IDF withdrawal from Strip and removal of blockade
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Report: Israel, Hamas agree on 2-week truce
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/16/2009
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In the wake of the barrage from Larison
, Massie and McArdle on the subject of the...
U.S. relationship to the IRA, I will concede that in spite of its official anti-terror posture, Washington treated the Irish Republican cause in ways that one cannot ...
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Hamas, the IRA, and America
haaretz.com - 1/15/2009
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haaretz.com —
After 19 days of fighting and more than
1,000 Palestinian fatalities, the first significant signs that Hamas...
is breaking could be seen Wednesday night. Hamas representatives to talks with Egypt announced an agreement in principle on Wednesday to the ...
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ANALYSIS / Egypt's Gaza truce plan is mostly ...
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Report: Hamas accepts Egyptian proposal for Gaza truce
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... on the immediate withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces from the Gaza Strip, Al Arabiya reported. The senior Hamas officials that held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo had announced that they would hold a press conference on the outcome of the negotiations at 8 P.M. The Spanish newspaper El Pais, quoting Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, also said Hamas had accepted the Egyptian proposal to end the fighting between Israel and the Islamist group." Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055510.html
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