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Hamas accepts 10-day cease fire initiative in Cairo
Wed Jan 14, 2:20 PM ET
A member of the Hamas delegation Salah el-Bardaweel talks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Egypt and Hamas have narrowed in on the possible outlines of a deal for a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said Wednesday, as the death toll in the war climbed to nearly 950.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
A member of the Hamas delegation Salah el-Bardaweel talks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Egypt and Hamas have narrowed in on the possible outlines of a deal for a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said Wednesday, as the death toll in the war climbed to nearly 950.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
January 14, 2009
Ma'an: Has Hamas accepted the Egyptian ceasefire proposal?
Date: 14 / 01 / 2009 Time: 17:58
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit announced on Wednesday that Hamas has accepted an Egyptian proposal for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The Egyptian plan calls for a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, the opening of Gaza’s borders, and a role for the Palestinian Authority in controlling the borders.
At a press conference in Cairo, Abu Al-Gheit said ”we will tell the Israeli side what Hamas had informed us.”
A Hamas leader Salah Al-Bardawil praised the Egyptian initiative during a press conference in Cairo on Saturday evening.
“The Egyptian initiative is the only one that called for an immediate stop to Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip,” he said.
A delegation of Hamas leaders left Cairo on Wednesday afternoon for Syria after talk with Egyptian intelligence officials who are mediating between Hamas and Israel.
Hamas representative in Lebanon Usama Hamdan, while praising the Egyptian effort, told Al-Jazeera that his movement is seeking some changes to the Egyptian document.
Earlier in the day Egyptian news agency MENA reported that the Hamas responded “positively” to Egypt’s efforts to promote a ceasefire in Gaza. The report cited an Egyptian official.
“Hamas responded positively to Egypt’s attempts to bring an end to the shedding of Palestinian blood, during the talks that were held in Cairo in the last three days,” an Egyptian official told MENA.
Israeli military official Amos Gilad is scheduled to arrive in Cairo Thursday for talks with Egypt’s Intelligence chief Umar Suleiman.
The deputy Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouk, told the Al-Arabiya television network earlier on Wednesday: “Israel did not abide by any of the previous truce’s conditions, and therefore there must be a short and pre-defined period between each stage, that would allow us to evaluate the situation and agree to move on to the next stage.”
***Updated at 20:34 local time
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Al-Masakin News Agency
http://almasakinnewsagency.wordpress.com/
Ma'an: Has Hamas accepted the Egyptian ceasefire proposal?
Date: 14 / 01 / 2009 Time: 17:58
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit announced on Wednesday that Hamas has accepted an Egyptian proposal for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The Egyptian plan calls for a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, the opening of Gaza’s borders, and a role for the Palestinian Authority in controlling the borders.
At a press conference in Cairo, Abu Al-Gheit said ”we will tell the Israeli side what Hamas had informed us.”
A Hamas leader Salah Al-Bardawil praised the Egyptian initiative during a press conference in Cairo on Saturday evening.
“The Egyptian initiative is the only one that called for an immediate stop to Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip,” he said.
A delegation of Hamas leaders left Cairo on Wednesday afternoon for Syria after talk with Egyptian intelligence officials who are mediating between Hamas and Israel.
Hamas representative in Lebanon Usama Hamdan, while praising the Egyptian effort, told Al-Jazeera that his movement is seeking some changes to the Egyptian document.
Earlier in the day Egyptian news agency MENA reported that the Hamas responded “positively” to Egypt’s efforts to promote a ceasefire in Gaza. The report cited an Egyptian official.
“Hamas responded positively to Egypt’s attempts to bring an end to the shedding of Palestinian blood, during the talks that were held in Cairo in the last three days,” an Egyptian official told MENA.
Israeli military official Amos Gilad is scheduled to arrive in Cairo Thursday for talks with Egypt’s Intelligence chief Umar Suleiman.
The deputy Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouk, told the Al-Arabiya television network earlier on Wednesday: “Israel did not abide by any of the previous truce’s conditions, and therefore there must be a short and pre-defined period between each stage, that would allow us to evaluate the situation and agree to move on to the next stage.”
***Updated at 20:34 local time
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Al-Masakin News Agency
http://almasakinnewsagency.wordpress.com/
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