Friday, January 16, 2009

No Truce In Gaza As Hamas Asks For Arab Support

Palestinians react during the funeral of Mosub Daana, who was shot and killed by Israeli troops during clashes at a rally by Hamas supporters on Friday. (Nasser Shiyoukhi/The Associated Press)

From International Herald Tribune:

JERUSALEM: Efforts to end the three-week-old Gaza war made progress Friday with Washington pledging to help stop arms smuggling to Hamas and Israeli officials returning from a second trip to Cairo after cease-fire talks. An Israeli government spokesman said, "I think we are heading to the endgame."

But portions of the Arab and Muslim worlds took a harder line. At a meeting organized by Qatar, a top exiled leader of Hamas rejected Israeli terms for a cease-fire and called for increased resistance.

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