Press TV - Hamas accepts Egyptian truce: Spain

presstv.ir | Jan. 14, 2009 (News Report)

Spain says the Hamas movement has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to put an end to Israel's military aggression in Gaza.

"Hamas is going to publicly express its support and acceptance," Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the reporters Wednesday after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Full Story »

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 by Diane Saville - Jan. 14, 2009

This is the first I've seen this announcement and I've looked around online not coming across it. I could have just missed it or this is the sole one carrying it, or brave enough to publish it.

The Hamas movement, the democratically-elected government of the Gaza Strip, demands a cessation of Israeli attacks and the opening of the Gaza border — which has been closed due to the 18-month Israeli blockade.

They’re not calling them “militants” or “terrorists”. This is one publication that does go in balanced IMO

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