 We've seen this movie before. | CAIRO, Egypt - The Islamic militant group Hamas may consider a one-year cease-fire with Israel, the organizationÂ’s deputy political leader said in an interview published Saturday in an Egyptian newspaper.
Khaled MashaalÂ’s political deputy, Moussa Abu Marzouk, was one of several senior Hamas leaders who were in Cairo over the past week for talks with Egyptian officials on ways to calm Palestinian infighting and ongoing fighting with Israel. 'We may agree to a one-year cease-fire,Â’ Abu Marzouk was quoted as saying in an interview with the state-owned daily Al Ahram.Â’ Both parties have to abide by it.Â’
Leaving Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and the Peoples Front of Judaea free to launch Qassams and attack little kiddies. | Abu Marzouk, who along with Mashaal lives in exile in Syria, demanded that Israel also agree to a truce with Hamas, saying the only way for success was calm on both sides.
In a telephone interview from the Hamas political office in Syria, Mohammad Nazal confirmed that Hamas is considering a truce. Some private ideas were presented to Hamas (by Egyptian mediators) to reach a truce with Israel, and Hamas is about to undertake the suitable decision,Â’ Nazal said. |