FYI.
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– Gaza Truce Talks ‘Back To Square One’:
For several months running there have been a seeming myriad of sometimes contradictory headlines saying a Hamas-Israel truce is “close,” or “nearing the finish line” or else “stalled” or also “progressing”… Friday saw truce talks come full circle with the following Hamas statement cited in Reuters:
The representatives of both sides for the ‘indirect’ talks in Cairo (and which are also mediated by Qatar) have gone home with nothing substantive having been advanced.
Israeli media also confirms the talks “appeared to break up with no discernable progress, as the terror group said it had no intention of budging from a proposal already rejected by Israel.”
“A senior Israeli official said the Israeli team had also left after handing mediators a list of its reservations about the Hamas proposal,” the report continues.
Earlier in the week Hamas issued a statement saying, “The ball is now completely in the hands of the occupation.” So indeed neither side is backing away from their demands, and the stalemate has ensued.
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