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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Wed Aug 6, 2014, 03:53 PM Aug 2014

Israel agrees Gaza truce extension, no word from Hamas

Source: BBC

Israel has agreed to extend a three-day ceasefire in Gaza which began on Tuesday after nearly a month of conflict, Israeli officials say.

There has been no comment yet from the militant Palestinian movement Hamas, which controls Gaza.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28683800

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Israel agrees Gaza truce extension, no word from Hamas (Original Post) oberliner Aug 2014 OP

Didn't the people of Palestine elect Skidmore Aug 2014 #1

They won the most seats in the 2006 election oberliner Aug 2014 #2

Hamas only needed to be elected once seveneyes Aug 2014 #3

Who is denying validity of christx30 Aug 2014 #5

Hamas 'has not agreed to Gaza ceasefire extension' oberliner Aug 2014 #4

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

1. Didn't the people of Palestine elect

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 04:11 PM

Aug 2014

Hamas to govern? Perhaps a recognition of the democratically elected government of that people mught be a good place to start. You can't demand tbat a people engage in such a process and deny the validity of their choices.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

2. They won the most seats in the 2006 election

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 04:19 PM

Aug 2014

But Hamas hasn't allowed voting in Gaza since then.

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)

3. Hamas only needed to be elected once

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 04:32 PM

Aug 2014

They will kill anyone trying to vote them out. Killing is what they do.

christx30

(6,241 posts)

5. Who is denying validity of

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 04:44 PM

Aug 2014

the Hamas government? Israel is saying that they want to extend the cease fire. Hamas either doesn't agree, or won't respond to Israel. So Israel is putting it out there to the world that they want the fighting to stop. Now it's up to Hamas to either agree to the continued cease fire, or to start shooting rockets again.

oberliner

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4. Hamas 'has not agreed to Gaza ceasefire extension'

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 04:40 PM

Aug 2014

Hamas has not agreed to a ceasefire extension in Gaza, Reuters reports.

They claim senior Cairo-based Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk said on Twitter: "There is no agreement on extension."

www.itv.com/news/update/2014-08-06/hamas-has-not-agreed-to-gaza-ceasefire-extension/

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