[RT] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, has rejected an offer to implement a five-year ceasefire in exchange for Israel's termination of the Gazoo Strip blockade, a senior Hamas official said.
The proposal -- which was crafted by Israeli and Paleostinian officials, as well as Western middlemen such as outgoing UN special coordinator for Middle East Peace Robert Serry -- would have also seen the opening of an airport and seaport in the Strip.
Deputy chairman of Hamas, Mousa Abu Marzouk, explained Wednesday the reasoning behind the rejection, saying the deal would have widened the divide between the West Bank and Gazoo. Executing the proposal would allow Israel to "swallow" the West Bank with further settlements, he said in a statement on his Facebook page.
| Perhaps that makes even a scintilla of sense in the original Arabic, but it makes none whatsoever in English. |
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