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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Abbas calls for approval of Gaza ceasefire
2014-07-19
The ineffectual Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Friday urged support for an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip, as he held talks with Turkey’s leaders on a brief stopover after a visit to Cairo.

“Israel accepted the ceasefire proposal. We (the Palestinians) must also accept it so that we can put the Israeli side at unease,” Abbas told a news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Istanbul in comments translated from Arabic into Turkish.

Egypt-mediated talks to end the escalating Gaza Strip conflict have faltered amid Israeli plans to widen its ground operation in Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement.

Abbas voiced support for the ceasefire proposal which he said was floated by “our Egyptian brothers at our request”.

Turkey, a staunch critic of the Israeli assaults in Gaza, is pressing for involvement of Hamas in any negotiations for a ceasefire.
That will ensure that there isn't any ceasefire. I'm beginning to wonder if Erdogan and the Mad Ayatollahs™ are canoodling...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood from power last year, has sought to isolate Hamas and initially demanded that the militants unconditionally accept its truce.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  I thought it's about his calls to Obama.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-07-19 06:33  

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