Friday, April 25, 2008

At Least the Israelis Are Smart Enough to Understand (for now, anyway) That Hamas Is Absolutely NOT to Be Trusted...

Israel Rejects Hamas ‘Ceasefire’ Offer
Israel turned down another “ceasefire” offer by Hamas conveyed to Jerusalem by Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman Thursday night. The deal called for Hamas to halt rocket attacks on Israel for six months if the IDF would cease targeting the group’s gunmen.
“Hamas’s truce offer is intended to buy time to rearming,” said David Baker, Israel’s Senior Coordinator for Foreign Media. He added that the terrorist group’s offer was not sincere.
“There will be no need for Israeli defense operations if Hamas stops carrying out terror attacks against Israelis,” said Baker, adding, “Israel will continue to defend its citizens.”
Earlier in the week, Hamas suggested a 30-day ceasefire and a 10-year truce, but reserved the right to continue to smuggle weapons into Gaza and manufacture rockets.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Dan Gillerman commented: “We do not intend to give them that time and we do not believe that any truce offer that comes from Hamas is indeed trustworthy.”

From Arutz 7.

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