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| Haneya says Hamas succeeded to separate Shalit's issue from ceasefire |
| 2008-06-16 |
| (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian deposed Hamas Premier Ismail Haneya said on Monday that its movement has succeeded to separate between the issue of a captive Israeli soldier and the Egyptian proposal of ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, thanks to Egypt. "The Egyptian efforts could comply with Hamas demands that the file of the captive Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, stays away from the file of lull which will be completed soon," Haneya said in Gaza city. He added that the ceasefire will take place "to achieve the Palestinian people's aspirations, the halting of the aggressions and the lifting of the siege." The Israeli military operations in Gaza Strip and the closure of the territory were intensified after Hamas took over the territory a year ago following the defeat of forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas. Haneya applaud his movement's "patience and good management of the process and the moves with Egypt" to make its ceasefire initiative successful. Meanwhile, Haneya slammed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) due to the continuation of the Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories. "Announcing the building of new 40,000 houses while Rice (the U.S. Secretary of State) is in the region, makes light of the Palestinian rights and the Palestinian negotiators," Haneya said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Which means he's dead. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-06-16 14:23 |