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April 28, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/world/middleeast/27mideast.html

Hamas Chief Sees Truce as a "Tactic"

[AP/New York Times] Hamas leader Khaled Meshal said Saturday that his group would accept an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel, but that "It is a tactic in conducting the struggle." He called it "normal for any resistance" to sometimes escalate, sometimes retreat from fighting. "In 2003, there was a cease-fire and then the operations were resumed." On Friday, an Israeli government spokesman dismissed the proposal, saying Hamas was just "biding time in order to rearm and regroup."

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