[BREITBART] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, reportedly rejected a comprehensive, 11-clause long term ceasefire proposal on Saturday. Egypt has warned that this proposal will be its final effort to secure a lasting end to the Israel-Gazoo conflict.
According to details leaked by Egyptian newspaper al-Shorouk, the 11-clause proposal contained several key concessions to the Paleostinian delegation, including the opening of border crossings between Israel and Gazoo, the elimination of the so-called "buffer zones" along the Israel-Gazoo border, the extension of the fishing zone to 12 miles off the Gazook coast, and the assistance of Israel and the Paleostinian Authority in rebuilding the infrastructure of the Gazoo Strip.
The proposal also called for negotiations to resume after a month of quiet, at which time the issues of a seaport and airport in Gazoo would be discussed. Egypt has warned that its latest proposal will be its final effort, Israel Radio reported on Friday.
Hamas front man Osama Hamdan said the Egyptian proposal did not meet the needs of the Paleostinian people.
"Israel must agree to the demands of the Paleostinian people, or it will face a long war of attrition," Hamdan wrote in a Facebook post.
| It's been facing a long war of attrition since the 1920s, Mr. Hamdan. The result has been ever increasing piles of Palestinian rubble. |
Another member of the Paleostinian delegation, Bassam Salhi, said progress was being made in the negotiations but put the chance of a long-term ceasefire agreement at "no greater than 50%," according to Ynet News.
The armed military wing of Hamas, the Iz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, tweeted the following message on Saturday night, vowing to "continue the struggle."We are continuing our struggle. ALLAH IS OUR GOAL, THE PROPHET IS OUR LEADER, JIHAD IS OUR WAY, AND DEATH FOR ALLAH IS OUR MOST EXALTED WISH
— Al-Qassam Brigades (@Qassam_English) August 16, 2014 Despite the apparent rejection of the proposal by Hamas and Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
, the Israeli delegation will be in Cairo on Sunday to resume indirect negotiations. The current five-day ceasefire is set to expire at midnight on Monday. 
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