Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Thanks For Making That Quite Clear

Hamas leader: We reject a permanent truce with Israel

The deputy head of Hamas's political bureau on Wednesday said his group is studying peace initiatives to end the violence in Gaza Strip but rejects permanent truce with Israel.

Exiled Hamas leader Moussa Abou Marzouk said there will be no talks about a permanent cease-fire and that as long as there is an Israeli occupation, there will be resistance.


and

Hamas rejects deployment of peacekeepers

Hamas would consider the stationing of observers on border crossings with Egypt but was opposed to the deployment of an international peacekeeping force, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Moussa Abu Marzouk, a Damascus-based Hamas official, told the Financial Times that his organisation, which has been under massive Israeli assault, was ready for a ceasefire as long as it involved an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the end of the blockade of the territory and some “arrangement” for the border crossing with Egypt.

...Mr Abu Marzouk, however, ridiculed the Israeli suggestion that it could be sidelined in any ceasefire deal, saying that his organisation did not recognise Israel’s legitimacy but dealt with it through mediators.

“This [the Israeli position] is not a problem. Our position is also that Israel is neither legitimate nor credible,” he said.


Sources 1 & 2

3 comments:

g said...

I can make it even more simple for you : NO JUSTICE NO PEACE

YMedad said...

No Galia, that's expressing yourself simplistically.

g said...

Yep, that's exactly how i wanted to give it to you, so that you may get it....