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Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/the-us-has-been-speaking-to-hamas-through-backchannels-for-o
U.S. Has Been Speaking to Hamas through Back Channels for More than Six Months
(BuzzFeed) Sheera Frenkel - U.S. officials have been holding secret back-channel talks with Hamas over the last six months, according to senior American and Palestinian diplomatic officials. The meetings were held between U.S. intermediaries and Hamas' leadership, which lives outside the Gaza Strip, in third-party countries. During the talks, Hamas gave assurances including a commitment to maintaining a ceasefire with Israel. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf denied there was any such back channel.