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August 6, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/defeat-for-hamas-devastation-for-gaza/

Defeat for Hamas, Devastation for Gaza

(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - The fact that all Palestinian factions accepted the Egyptian framework, and abandoned the Qatar-Turkey channel, marks a significant victory for Egypt and a humiliating defeat for Hamas. For almost three weeks Hamas had rejected the proposal for an unconditional ceasefire with its demands to be addressed only afterwards. But on Monday it changed course. That shift signals the difficult position in which Hamas now finds itself. The damage done to Gaza stands in the billions of dollars, and Hamas certainly cannot fix it alone.

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