 The Palestinian president has promised to continue a 16-month-old ceasefire with Israel - denying Hamas ever broke it.
| That was when his lips fell off... |
After meeting Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, on Saturday, Mahmoud Abbas said Hamas had not discarded the truce in the past week. "Hamas did not break the truce, although some violations have happened, due to the killing of the family [on a Gaza beach on June 9]," he said.
| "Y'see, the fact that they were shooting at people has nothing to do with the ceasefire..." |
The Palestinian leader promised to uphold the ceasefire "in order to have people living in peace".
| "Just not around here..." |
His comments came two days after Hamas, which holds a majority in the Palestinian parliament, offered to restore the truce, which broke down after a beach explosion killed eight Palestinians, including women and children. Israel was shelling Gaza around that time but has said it was not responsible for the beach blast. Israel responded favourably to the offer by Hamas. Mark Regev, spokesman for Israel's foreign ministry, said on Friday that "if it is quiet, we will answer that with quiet". |