...always the voice of sweet reason...has provided an "initial positive confirmation" regarding a proposal to halt the fighting in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
and facilitate the release of hostages, according to a spokesperson from Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
's foreign ministry on Thursday.
Representatives from the United States, Egypt, and Qatar engaged in discussions with Israeli intelligence officials in Gay Paree last Sunday, putting forth a suggestion for a six-week ceasefire in the continued conflict in the occupied territory and a reciprocal exchange of hostages and prisoners for Hamas to assess.
"That proposal has been approved by the Israeli side and now we have an initial positive confirmation from the Hamas’ side," Majed al-Ansari told an audience at a Washington-based graduate school.
A Hamas source said, however, that there was still no consensus on the proposal.
"There is no agreement on the framework of the agreement yet... and the Qatari statement is rushed and not true," the source told AFP in Gaza.
The Qatari foreign ministry front man said there was "still a very tough road in front of us".
"We are optimistic because both sides now agreed to the premise that would lead to a next pause," said Ansari.
"We’re hopeful that in the next couple of weeks, we’ll be able to share good news about that," he added.
The Qatar-based leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
, was expected in Cairo on Thursday or Friday for talks on a proposed truce.
A Hamas source told AFP the three-stage plan would start with an initial six-week halt to the fighting that would see more aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip.
Only "women, children and sick men over 60" held by Gaza
There would also be "negotiations around the withdrawal of Israeli forces", with possible additional phases involving more hostage-prisoner exchanges, said the source, adding the territory’s rebuilding was also among issues addressed by the deal.
Hamas leaders at odds over proposed hostage release deal — report
[IsraelTimes] Gaza terror chief Yahya Sinwar said to back temporary truce offer while politburo head Ismail Haniyeh pushing for permanent ceasefire, plan for rebuilding enclave, WSJ reports. Haniyeh's not getting shot at. Yet.