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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/snubbed-in-cairo-hamas-opts-for-attrition/
Standoff at Gaza Cease-Fire Talks in Cairo
(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - At the Gaza cease-fire talks in Cairo, Israel and Egypt are jointly determined not to give Hamas what it wants. There's an Israeli readiness to ease border restrictions and to expand fishing rights off the Gaza coast, but nothing more than that. Cairo, too, is emphasizing to Hamas that it can forget about a seaport or an airport unless or until all of Gaza is demilitarized. For now, at least, Hamas wants to be seen as refusing to capitulate. Hence its decision to allow others to fire rockets at Israel. Hamas hopes there'll be enough pressure on Jerusalem to give it some kind of gain that would allow it to come out from the corner it's painted itself into.