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| Gov't: We won't take over Gaza Strip |
| 2009-01-05 |
| Nine days into Operation Cast Lead and less than a day after the IDF launched a massive ground attack, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) director Yuval Diskin said Sunday that Hamas leaders are showing a "willingness" to reach some kind of arrangement with Israel. In a briefing he gave the cabinet, which met in Tel Aviv, Diskin said there had been a "softening" of Hamas's determination, "and today there is a willingness from Hamas to reach some kind of arrangement." Cabinet Secretary Ovad Yehezkel, who briefed the press on the ministers' meeting, emphasized that this willingness was apparent among Hamas leaders, implying that the same sentiment was not apparent among the leaders of Islamic Jihad or the other terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip. While Diskin said it was becoming increasingly difficult for Hamas to govern, the organization's military wing, Izzadin Kassam, had not sufficiently been hit. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 At least they sound like they know what they need to do before they leave. The last time they went in they were just floundering around. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-05 09:27 |
| #1 Who wants it? |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-01-05 01:00 |