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Hamas accepts 'broad outlines' of Gaza truce
 Hamas does not want changes to the 'broad outlines' of an Egyptian-brokered truce plan for Gaza, one of the group's leaders said on Wednesday, without accepting the plan outright."President Hosni Mubarak's vision is the only one that was proposed, we do not ask for any amendment to its broad outlines," Salah Al-Bardawil told journalists in Cairo. He said that Hamas had "presented to the Egyptian leadership our detailed vision", despite the fact that Egyptian and Spanish diplomats said Hamas had accepted the plan. The vision will be put to senior Israeli defence official Amos Gilad when he visits Cairo on Thursday. "Each party has the right to propose its vision in detail. We have in this framework proposed detailed visions and mechanisms," Bardawil said. "Egypt will discuss it" with Israel, he said. "We have no differences with Egypt, which is a mediator, but with the Zionist enemy." A senior Egyptian diplomat earlier said Hamas had accepted the plan and would see what Israel's reaction was on Thursday. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos also told reporters in Jerusalem earlier that Hamas had accepted the Egyptian initiative. "Hamas is going to publicly express its support and acceptance," Moratinos, the European Union's former Middle East envoy, told reporters. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-15 |
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