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Hamas said to offer Israel long-term ceasefire in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", has in recent months repeatedly expressed willingness through several channels to enter into talks with Israel over a long-term ceasefire in the Gazoo Strip, highlighting the Paleostinian terror group’s "dire" strategic situation, according to a report Monday.
No doubt they are willing to discuss a hudna. But will they stop digging tunnels, acquiring rockets, sending incendiary kites to burn Israeli fields, train children to be jihadis, and otherwise prepare for their next attemt to overrun the Juices living in the land the Palestinians claim?
According to the Haaretz newspaper, in return for the years-long ceasefire, Hamas wants the agreement to include Israel significantly easing the blockade over Gazoo, approving large-scale infrastructure projects and possibly a prisoner swap deal.

Top Israeli security officials have recently presented the politicianship with intelligence indicating that Hamas, finding itself in an "unprecedented" crisis, is currently open to discussing issues that it had rejected in the past, Haaretz reported.

It appeared Israel had not responded to Hamas’ overtures, the report said.

Hamas, an Islamist terror group that seeks to destroy Israel, has made similar proposals in the past.

The report follows several indications that Hamas is deeply divided as it seeks a way out of the dire situation in Gazoo, where it seized power in 2007. The Strip which faces an economic crisis, sanctions from the Ramallah-based Paleostinian Authority, continued pressure from the Israeli-Egyptian security blockade and rising internal unrest.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-05-08
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