(KUNA) -- Head of the Damascus-based Hamas Politicial Bureau, Khaled Mashaal said Saturday that Egypt must calm the situation in Mideast if Israeli continued refused efforts for a ceasefire.| "Yeah. They gotta do it. It's ain't like we could do anything..." |
Regarding Hamas meeting with former US President Jimmy Carter, Mashaal revealed that the veteran official recommended that the movement would cease missiles attack on Israel for a month period in hopes that the Jewish state would stop its siege on Gaza. Hamas refused this notion, stated Mashaal who indicated that the movement revealed to Carter the Egyptian role in reaching a just settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.
He also touched on the issue of exchanging prisoners with Israel, blaming the Jewish state for spoiling the exchange when it refused to hand in 350 Palestinians. The Hamas official expressed a grim view on the issue of the Palestinian election, saying that it was illogical to hold election when Palestinians were in a state of disunion.