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Hamas' political leader Khaled Meshal. (AP)
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Meshal: Hamas ready for truce, but only as 'tactic'
By Avi Issacharoff, Amos Harel and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies
Tags: Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Egypt

Hamas' political leader Khaled Meshal on Saturday said the Palestinian militant group would accept an Egyptian-mediated cease-fire with Israel but it would only be a "tactic" in the group's conflict with Israel.

"It is a tactic in conducting the struggle - It is normal for any resistance that operates in its people's interest... to sometimes escalate, other times retreat a bit," Meshal said in an interview with pan-Arab Al-Jazeera television.

"The battle is to be run this way and Hamas is known for that," he added.
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The Hamas leader said his group was ready to cooperate in the six-month truce Egypt had proposed a between the Hamas rulers of Gaza and Israel.

He also warned of an explosion of violence in Gaza if Israel rejected the truce.

In his Al-Jazeera interview, Mashaal criticized the Palestinian Authority run by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for holding peace negotiations with Israel but hindering reconciliation talks with Hamas. Abbas, the moderate head of Fatah faction, runs a rival government to Hamas in the West Bank.

Mashaal said the split between the Palestinians is a crime.

Earlier on Saturday, Meshal said Hamas is awaiting an Israeli response to the proposed truce. He made the comments speaking to reporters in Doha.

Meshal said the Palestinian militant group requested that Egypt provide a document with Israel's agreement outlining the terms and conditions of the truce, among them the opening of the Gaza Strip border crossings.

The Damascus-based Hamas leader added that the group's leadership would convene following Jerusalem's reply in order to decide how to respond to the Egyptian initiative.

On Friday, Israel dismissed a proposal by Hamas to call a conditional six-month truce in the Gaza Strip, calling it a ruse aimed at allowing the Islamist group to recover from recent fighting.

"Hamas is biding time in order to rearm and regroup. There would be no need for Israel's defensive actions if Hamas would cease and desist from committing terrorist attacks on Israelis," a spokesman from the Prime Minister's Office, David Baker said.

"To Israel's dismay, Hamas is not serious. It's playing games, trying to buy time in order to regroup and rearm," said Baker.

In apparent reference to Israel Air Force strikes and commando raids in Gaza, Baker added: "Israel will continue to take all measures to defend its civilians," he said.

A delegation from Hamas on Thursday told Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman that Hamas is prepared to accept a temporary cease-fire with Israel, to begin in the Gaza Strip. The deal would extend after a predetermined time to the West Bank.

Hamas had previously demanded that a truce apply simultaneously to both areas, but Israel refused.

The delegation from Gaza that met with Egyptian mediators included senior Hamas representatives Mahmoud Zahar and Saeed Seyam, who arrived in Cairo after consultations with Hamas leaders in Damascus.

According to Hamas' truce announcement, Israel would immediately cease all military activity in the Gaza Strip: arrests, assassinations and field operations. In return, Hamas would ensure an end to cross-border rocket fire at Israel or other militant operations, including arms smuggling into Gaza.

In addition, Israel and Egypt would permit the opening of the Rafah crossing, and ease cargo shipments into and out of the Strip.

Suleiman has called a meeting for next week with representatives of all the Palestinian factions to discuss the planned truce, as well as resolving the internal Palestinian conflict.

At the end of the meeting next week, Egypt is set to announce that a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is in effect.

Israel on Thursday refrained from responding officially to Hamas' announcement. In conversations with Egyptian mediators in recent days, Israel clarified its position on the truce proposal and apparently accepted most of its details.

Now Israel will monitor Hamas' compliance with its commitments to Egypt. If Hamas manages to keep things calm and rein in terrorist activity by the other Palestinian factions, the Israel Defense Forces will be instructed to refrain from taking offensive action in the Gaza Strip.

No such order was given on Thursday. Apparently, however, as of Friday a more cautious approach will be put in place for authorizing such operations, taking into consideration the new situation. Activity will focus on immediate warnings of planned terror attacks, which must be dealt with.

So far, the army has not received orders to lift - even partially - the blockade on the Gaza Strip crossings.

Routine IDF activity
Before dawn on Thursday, before Hamas made its announcement, IDF troops from the Givati and Golani brigades operated in the southern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip. The IDF said this was routine anti-terror activity in these sectors.

During this activity the IDF arrested 30 Palestinians for interrogation in Israel. There were also several airstrikes against armed Palestinian cells, some of which the IDF reported hitting.

IDF soldiers operating east of Khan Yunis clashed with Palestinian militants. According to Palestinian sources, three armed members of Islamic Jihad were wounded in the firefight.

On the outskirts of Beit Hanun, a Givati force searching areas from which Qassam rockets are launched at Sderot clashed with armed Palestinians, the IDF said. It said an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at militants, and Palestinian sources claimed a 52-year-old civilian man was killed.

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      2.   crazy idea 01:17  |  vik 25/04/08
      3.   Israel kidnaps 30 Palestinians.. 01:30  |  *BEN JABO 25/04/08
      4.   Hamas 01:59  |  Randy 25/04/08
      5.   ISRAELI TERRORISM MUST END AS WELL 02:04  |  JH 25/04/08
      6.   Staged Implementation 02:06  |  Matthew Houston 25/04/08
      7.   Israel wont agree to a West Bank truce because : 02:11  |  MOE 25/04/08
      8.   The Hamas Leaders Don`t Know How to Be Decent 02:15  |  ddd 25/04/08
      9.   The ayatollahs dance once again in Tehran tonight 02:17  |  Dr, Dave 25/04/08
      10.   You know what Hamas can do with their ceasefire proposal? 02:19  |  Conroy 25/04/08
      11.   Isreal & Gaza Cease Fire 02:22  |  marilyn boyd 25/04/08
      12.   No, this is the Middle East 02:31  |  Realist 25/04/08
      13.   1 # since peace is not on Hamas` agenda you are a fool 03:02  |  McQueen 25/04/08
      14.   The last ceasefire 03:08  |  Tom 25/04/08
      15.   Arabs never agree to anything peaceful if they can be violent 03:13  |  Genuine Tosefta 25/04/08
      16.   #3 The retard is at it again - Another fake post 03:23  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      17.   In Accepting what Dhimmedias Portray as Compromise 03:27  |  Joseph . E 25/04/08
      18.   #5 JH - You have it backwards, as usual 03:29  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      19.   #11 Marilyn Boyd - CA 03:34  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      20.   Amos Harel Dhimmitude 04:11  |  Joseph . E 25/04/08
      21.   Al-Qaeda: Yes to More Attacks in the West; No Hudna With Israel 04:29  |  Joseph . E 25/04/08
      22.   #16 The retard is at it again - Another fake post 04:31  |  *BEN JOBO 25/04/08
      23.   HAMAS WILL NEGOTIATE MCQUEEN`S AD HOMINEM ATTACK DIMINISHES SELF 05:21  |  JH 25/04/08
      24.   re 1 JH and in breeding 05:29  |  Alan the real one 25/04/08
      25.   ISRAELI TERROR IS REAL, BEN JABO IS APOLOGIST FOR ROGUE NATION 05:36  |  JH 25/04/08
      26.   Israeli establishment suffers from a tribal affliction... 06:02  |  Dutch 25/04/08
      27.   Hamas politicos sign truce but have no control over terrorists 06:33  |  Voice of Reason 25/04/08
      28.   REPLY TO "ALAN THE REAL ONE" WHO INSULTS ONLY HIMSELF 06:37  |  JH 25/04/08
      29.   the world`s king of beggars 06:39  |  real vision 25/04/08
      30.   #25 JH - let me clue you in on some facts 06:46  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      31.   #23 JH - You`re rude when you type in all caps 06:48  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      32.   Re 26 Good teachers 06:51  |  Alan the real one 25/04/08
      33.   JH you don`t have the facts straight 07:09  |  AG 25/04/08
      34.   Fuzzy logic JH on Land grab issue 07:26  |  AG 25/04/08
      35.   #8 DDD 07:33  |  Lev 25/04/08
      36.   #25 JH - First of all, typing in caps is considered RUDE 07:42  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      37.   Hamas truce is not worth the paper its written on 08:20  |  Shepherd 25/04/08
      38.   The Gazan ?innocent civilians? 08:43  |  Jean Van Daem 25/04/08
      39.   # 15 Dead end reasoning 09:27  |  Vinegar Hill 25/04/08
      40.   Israel needs a war with Hamas to continue expansion 09:59  |  Natallie Durson 25/04/08
      41.   Israel and its people can not afford permitting Hamas to continue 10:06  |  Amihai 25/04/08
      42.   Routine operations, say the IDF....... 11:03  |  Johnboy 25/04/08
      43.   Ruses about ruses 11:20  |  sh 25/04/08
      44.   Don`t despair, Israel. Keep your grain of faith and hope ! 11:22  |  Fortuna Benmayor 25/04/08
      45.   ISRAEL DOES NOT WANT PEACE. 12:06  |  Duffer 25/04/08
      46.   THE CORRECT ANSWER 12:17  |  ANUAR AL SADAT 25/04/08
      47.   Truces and killings... 12:30  |  Esther 25/04/08
      48.   Truce When All Hamas are Dead or in Prison 12:42  |  Mark Hamil 25/04/08
      49.   Why is Israel always "snubbing" the good things.....???? 12:53  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/04/08
      50.   johnboy logic is a problem for you 13:12  |  zevulun 25/04/08
      51.   Are Israel´s leaders stupid? 13:26  |  Daniel 25/04/08
      52.   What`s wrong with that? 13:43  |  The Northern Wind 25/04/08
      53.   Hamas and liberation 13:46  |  Vinegar Hill 25/04/08
      54.   "Dismisses Hamass truce".Time to dismisse all the Palestinians 14:16  |  Akram Zekaria 25/04/08
      55.   the zio-state should give up the occupation 14:17  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      56.   Esther #46 "So what is such a ceasefire worth...?!" 14:36  |  S 25/04/08
      57.   Evasion of Responsibility 14:51  |  NEJ 25/04/08
      58.   seems like its business as usual for the idf 14:53  |  eric 25/04/08
      59.   Esther, it is not possible to be more irrelevant 15:07  |  Natallie Durson 25/04/08
      60.   #48 Swiss (Dino) 15:07  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      61.   #46 Ester - TA "MAZAL TOV" 15:11  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      62.   # 48 Swiss...political challenge 15:32  |  Lynn 25/04/08
      63.   STEALING PALESTINIAN LAND INCITES VIOLENCE 15:39  |  JH 25/04/08
      64.   generous truce for our apologists 15:43  |  peter 25/04/08
      65.   HAMAS AND THEIR REALITY 15:43  |  siem 25/04/08
      66.   HAMAS AND THEIR REALITY 15:43  |  siem 25/04/08
      67.   JH 15:58  |  George Kaplan 25/04/08
      68.   Mahmoud al-Zahar Israel says no to phony truce 16:03  |  Kipperraes 25/04/08
      69.   #44 Duffer - UK 16:16  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      70.   Do me a personal favour 16:18  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      71.   Pathetic Egypt 16:22  |  MR 25/04/08
      72.   Sounds like an Israeli counter-proposal 16:27  |  Tosefta 25/04/08
      73.   1 16:28  |  zionist forever 25/04/08
      74.   Dino, how are your cows? 16:28  |  MR 25/04/08
      75.   #41 Johnboy - The fake Aussie 16:31  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      76.   Hamas studied the 1948 War 16:38  |  MARK KLEIN, M.D. 25/04/08
      77.   REPLY TO GEORGE KAPLAN AND OTHER ISRAELI APOLOGISTS 17:04  |  JH 25/04/08
      78.   Duffer # 44 A Tahadiyeh Is Not A Peace Treaty 17:08  |  Jeff Northridge 25/04/08
      79.   tosefta is dim 17:13  |  harzion 25/04/08
      80.   tosefta "wharever smuggling is going on is already 17:18  |  harzion 25/04/08
      81.   Re *BEN JABO #35 17:19  |  Esther 25/04/08
      82.   tosefta "israel is also arming" 17:21  |  harzion 25/04/08
      83.   #55 Lynn the cheat 17:30  |  ahmed 25/04/08
      84.   Re *Ben Jabo #54 (and partly for Natallie #52). 17:43  |  Esther 25/04/08
      85.   And if Hamas were to break the truce? 17:55  |  FOX 25/04/08
      86.   of course it is. 17:57  |  frenz 25/04/08
      87.   Re Natallie #52 18:20  |  Esther 25/04/08
      88.   Addendum for Natallie #52 18:35  |  Esther 25/04/08
      89.   Hamas is prepared to accept what Israel didn`t offer 18:41  |  x-ray 25/04/08
      90.   Tosefta can`t bear the thought of his favs being brushed off 18:43  |  x-ray 25/04/08
      91.   Israel is never interested in peace or quite 19:10  |  El-Birawi 25/04/08
      92.   # 56 JH...negotiations are ongoing 19:18  |  Lynn 25/04/08
      93.   Finally Israel learned the lesson 19:24  |  B 25/04/08
      94.   never missing an opportunity 19:28  |  phil 25/04/08
      95.   #55 Lynn where did you leave your morals 19:31  |  ahmed 25/04/08
      96.   REPLY TO LYNN, MASS LAND THEFT ON WEST BANK 19:33  |  JH 25/04/08
      97.   El Birawi...Oh please!!! 19:35  |  Lynn 25/04/08
      98.   #46 Esther, re: acting in goog faith... 19:53  |  Dutch 25/04/08
      99.   Hamas always keeps its promises 19:54  |  wibism 25/04/08
      100.   DON`T TEASE THE EXPLOSIVE POSSIBILITY OF SELF-DESTRUCTION 19:55  |  Mohamed MALLECK 25/04/08
      101.   #79 Esther TA 20:06  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      102.   #95 Mohammed MALLECK 20:11  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      103.   #98 wibisim - Of course Hamas keeps it`s promises 20:12  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      104.   Why Israel refuses a cease fire 20:15  |  Tosefta 25/04/08
      105.   # 94 ahmed...do you order all women around? 20:17  |  Lynn 25/04/08
      106.   # 96 JH....Don`t worry, the Pals will work it out 20:24  |  Lynn 25/04/08
      107.   #98-2 Wibism - If as you say 20:30  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      108.   Lynn, if Hamas is of no use as human being! 20:37  |  El-Birawi 25/04/08
      109.   @105 Lynn on jellies 20:49  |  Mark B. 25/04/08
      110.   Re Dutch #98 20:51  |  Esther 25/04/08
      111.   Obam`s Minister Married him, now he`s burying Barack 21:08  |  * BEN JABO 25/04/08
      112.   Esther, My Response 21:16  |  Dutch 25/04/08
      113.   Promoting Hamas "evolution" via Tosefta`s theories 21:23  |  Voice of Reason 25/04/08
      114.   # 104 Tosefta - viscous thinking 21:30  |  17 25/04/08
      115.   PALESTINIANS WILL WIN THEIR STATE WEST BANK, GAZA, EAST JERUSALEM 22:32  |  JH 25/04/08
      116.   # 60 BEN JABO "If you don`t wanna listen, you must......" 22:45  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/04/08
      117.   Another brainstorm from Trotsky`s moll, Tijuana Tosefta 22:51  |  Panther Jet 25/04/08
      118.   # 62 Lynn 22:58  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/04/08
      119.   # 74 MR Happy and unhappy cows...... 23:04  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/04/08
      120.   Micronesian saying 23:33  |  Belau 25/04/08
      121.   # 108 El Birawi...the final solution is 23:47  |  Lynn 25/04/08
      122.   #41 Amihai, Re:" Proper international standards" 23:52  |  Dutch 25/04/08
      123.   # 102 BEN JABO 23:54  |  Mohamed MALLECK 25/04/08
      124.   Pamper Jet #117 23:54  |  Tosefta 25/04/08
      125.   Mark B..I have tapped my own trees 23:59  |  Lynn 25/04/08
      126.   Israel ignored the Hudna 00:11  |  Reid 26/04/08
      127.   JH...of course it should be an equitable 00:12  |  Lynn 26/04/08
      128.   El Birawi...the question was: Would you want to live 00:17  |  Lynn 26/04/08
      129.   #104 Tosefta - I say it again, Israel really wants the Quartet`s 00:27  |  Smadar 26/04/08
      130.   Israel wants to expand 00:44  |  Truth 26/04/08
      131.   #44 The list of peace offers is endless? 00:54  |  MaryRose 26/04/08
      132.   tosefta tells us that hamas can arm easily 01:00  |  harzion 26/04/08
      133.   tosefta " a ceasefire would make hamas look good" 01:07  |  harzion 26/04/08
      134.   Swiss ...it was a court decision 01:09  |  Lynn 26/04/08
      135.   tosefta you are no analyst 01:21  |  harzion 26/04/08
      136.   Mixing (Smadar #129) 01:24  |  Tosefta 26/04/08
      137.   smadar you are so dumb. 01:36  |  harzion 26/04/08
      138.   #104 arabist apologist hears voices 01:51  |  peter 26/04/08
      139.   Hamas truce rejection sign of Israeli paranoia? 02:16  |  Jerry 26/04/08
      140.   Jerry 139 02:31  |  ChanahS 26/04/08
      141.   whether israel likes it or not, they`re here to stay 02:32  |  Mike McKenna 26/04/08
      142.   Natalies nonsense 02:46  |  PlanoStu 26/04/08
      143.   #75 The problem with your "logic", BEN JABO 03:41  |  Johnboy 26/04/08
      144.   What happens after six months? 04:17  |  Morris Valentine 26/04/08
      145.   Morris Valentine...the main reason for not accepting 05:17  |  Lynn 26/04/08
      146.   #137 harzion oh really? 05:36  |  Smadar 26/04/08
      147.   Israel Addicted to Disinformation 05:40  |  Victor 26/04/08
      148.   #123 Mohammed MALLECK 07:03  |  * BEN JABO 26/04/08
      149.   # 147 to victor in canada 07:10  |  eric 26/04/08
      150.   #144 It`s a compromise, Morris 07:48  |  Johnboy 26/04/08
      151.   #122 doris and the facts that suit !!! 08:19  |  v hardman 26/04/08
      152.   #147victor wrapped in a maple leaf believes in magic 08:25  |  v hardman 26/04/08
      153.   So Victor if you don`t believe Israel under any circs why bother? 09:31  |  x-ray 26/04/08
      154.   Lynn/Morris a hudna is an early medieval tactic 09:37  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/04/08
      155.   97 Lynn - Oh Please 09:39  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/04/08
      156.   The ruse to recover. 10:51  |  David Nigel Braham 26/04/08
      157.   morris anodyne 11:00  |  harzion 26/04/08
      158.   Tossi to Smadar #136 11:21  |  FOX 26/04/08
      159.   Hamas truce 11:26  |  Michael 26/04/08
      160.   Mark of Lewiston, good morning #150 11:56  |  FOX 26/04/08
      161.   Re MV #144 13:13  |  Esther 26/04/08
      162.   Ben Jabo #111 13:33  |  MaryRose 26/04/08
      163.   So JH #1 13:36  |  MaryRose 26/04/08
      164.   Natalie calls Esther irrelevant? Too funny 14:09  |  MaryRose 26/04/08
      165.   #45 Duffer do you know any history beyond that you`ve seen? 14:18  |  MaryRose 26/04/08
      166.   # 153 Mark of Lewiston.... 15:08  |  Lynn 26/04/08
      167.   #162 Mary Rose - Would you believe 15:45  |  * BEN JABO 26/04/08
      168.   HARZION re Smadar @137 15:55  |  ...G1 26/04/08
      169.   Smadar #146 16:01  |  ...G1 26/04/08
      170.   Johnboy (The FAKE Aussie) 16:10  |  * BEN JABO 26/04/08
      171.   Tosefta assumes 16:17  |  Walid 26/04/08
      172.   After the truce (Morris Valentine #144) 16:25  |  Tosefta 26/04/08
      173.   160 FOX, Good Morning 17:31  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/04/08
      174.   160 FOX, Good Morning 2 17:54  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/04/08
      175.   Now Tosefta detail for us how a truce is superior to peace 18:03  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/04/08
      176.   Now Tosefta detail for us how a truce is superior to peace 18:03  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/04/08
      177.   #172 Tosefta - A "Time Limited Truce" 18:11  |  * BEN JABO 26/04/08
      178.   REPLY TO MARYROSE 18:34  |  JH 26/04/08
      179.   166 Lynn - The Diet Isn`t Working 18:38  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/04/08
      180.   #77 JH 19:12  |  George Kaplan 26/04/08
      181.   #169 G1 We`ll see who`s the imbecile in the end... 19:15  |  Smadar 26/04/08
      182.   #175 Margie thinking in black and black 19:20  |  Tosefta 26/04/08
      183.   #180 19:22  |  JH 26/04/08
      184.   Tosefta is right that a truce is best for both... 19:26  |  Smadar 26/04/08
      185.   A HAMAS Truce believable? 20:01  |  Dagma 26/04/08
      186.   2 Chronichles 15 20:05  |  Paul 26/04/08
      187.   Stay away from that! 20:16  |  Sens 26/04/08
      188.   #179 Mark of Lewiston - R U 4 REAL 20:20  |  * BEN JABO 26/04/08
      189.   # 179 Mark of Lewiston...I agree with you about Rafah 20:29  |  Lynn 26/04/08
      190.   Tosefta, the snake is back 20:31  |  Jewboy 26/04/08
      191.   #124 Tosefta`s Nightmare, The End of Hamas 20:37  |  Panther Jet 26/04/08
      192.   Israel rejected truce.Hamas has the legitimacy 20:42  |  Bobby 26/04/08
      193.   Tosefta The Red Rocket Scientist 20:50  |  Panther Jet 26/04/08
      194.   The Golan! 21:01  |  Henry B. Stern 26/04/08
      195.   The Golan! 21:01  |  Henry B. Stern 26/04/08
      196.   A Is a Ruse, Is a Ruse, Is a Ruse... 21:04  |  Douglas Fireman 26/04/08
      197.   Haaretz is hilusinating 21:32  |  Atoo 26/04/08
      198.   Tosefta is desperate to have us agree to the hudna 21:39  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/04/08
      199.   tosefta and "anti rocket systems" 21:47  |  zimri 26/04/08
      200.   tosefta science fiction and diplomacy do not sit well together 21:51  |  zimri 26/04/08
      201.   hamas says please 21:55  |  zimri 26/04/08
      202.   Margie, it`s easy to see through a snake`s deceptions 22:03  |  Jewboy 26/04/08
      203.   Hudna Shmudna 22:14  |  tom 26/04/08
      204.   Hudna Shmudna 22:15  |  tom 26/04/08
      205.   NO to the Truce ! 22:39  |  Dolly 26/04/08
      206.   The problem with this theory 22:51  |  Mark Lincoln 26/04/08
      207.   #1 JH please provide some backing for your claim 22:58  |  MaryRose 26/04/08
      208.   JH 22:58  |  . 26/04/08
      209.   Chinese wisdom for Margie of the Twilight Zone #198 23:04  |  Jee Peh Toh 26/04/08
      210.   A special offer (Panther Jet; Jewboy; X-ray; Zimri) 23:11  |  Uncle Joe Institute 26/04/08
      211.   My guess 23:11  |  Janice 26/04/08
      212.   Bobby 192 - Israel rejected the truce 23:17  |  ChanahS 26/04/08
      213.   Hamas`s Inexhorable Stupidity A Gift to Israeli Hawks! 23:27  |  Brad 26/04/08
      214.   "Nuts" To Hamas 23:38  |  Douglas Fireman 26/04/08
      215.   Palestinians Love To Struggle 23:46  |  Tex 26/04/08
      216.   #187 Sens Stay Away From That..Yep! Not Even With A Barge Poll! 23:54  |  KATHY 26/04/08
      217.   Meshal is lying 23:55  |  natan 26/04/08
      218.   Meshal is a loser 23:58  |  Steve 26/04/08
      219.   Israel Accepts Truce As A Tactic & Then 00:00  |  Brad 27/04/08
      220.   Torah Government 00:02  |  Steve 27/04/08
      221.   Yo Durson! Wake up! Smell the houmos! 00:10  |  Joe Sittizen 27/04/08
      222.   tactic 00:11  |  Shmuelshachor 27/04/08
      223.   tosefta "guys and gals listen" 00:14  |  zimri 27/04/08
      224.   Mark Lincoln - Israel had always preferred Hamas to the nationali 00:18  |  Philip 27/04/08
      225.   tosefta "guys i dont really like the arabs but i have an image 00:21  |  joshuabennun 27/04/08
      226.   You Already Got Your Answer Yesterday, Meshal 00:22  |  Jeff Northridge 27/04/08
      227.   #202 Mark LIncoln - You really should read the latest 00:23  |  * BEN JABO 27/04/08
      228.   smadar "total expectations vis a vis hamas" 00:24  |  joshuabennun 27/04/08
      229.   Margie - you are right, but the reason is different 00:25  |  Philip 27/04/08
      230.   smadar "its a given that peace is in the interest 00:26  |  joshuabennun 27/04/08
      231.   Re Mark #202 00:27  |  Esther 27/04/08
      232.   smadar "resolve the conflict within the next six months 00:29  |  joshuabennun 27/04/08
      233.   #77 JH - Your "Assertions" aren`t worth a hill of beans 00:31  |  * BEN JABO 27/04/08
      234.   #299 Uncle Joe Institute 00:33  |  * BEN JABO 27/04/08
      235.   Mark Lincoln Hamas cease fires 00:38  |  MaryRose 27/04/08
      236.   Only Hamas can fool none of the people none of the time 00:46  |  Dr. L. Brnd 27/04/08
      237.   dutch - why your friends won`t do business 00:48  |  natan 27/04/08
      238.   To 204 DOLLY - No Truce No tactics 00:49  |  Spiderman 27/04/08
      239.   The Amazing Part About All of This is.... 00:53  |  b`galil 27/04/08
      240.   Janice # 210 00:53  |  ChanahS 27/04/08
      241.   IS HAMAS QUITE NORMAL??? 00:56  |  Dolly 27/04/08
      242.   Those poor women on the front page 01:07  |  libera 27/04/08
      243.   Now its TACTIC! 01:09  |  dingo dog 27/04/08
      244.   188 Ben Jabo - Put up a Barrier 01:38  |  Mark of Lewiston 27/04/08
      245.   Israel should target meshal with his constant threats 01:44  |  Dish It Out 27/04/08
      246.   No tactics, No tictacs, No tictoc 01:45  |  Joe Frazier 27/04/08
      247.   oh surprise surprise... 01:57  |  Adrian de Klerk 27/04/08
      248.   Solution within the framework of comments 01:58  |  Matthew Houston 27/04/08
      249.   Olmerts an idiot now Meshal shows he is just as big an idiot 02:07  |  zionist forever 27/04/08
      250.   # 211 Chanahs--- Israel has always good 02:09  |  Bobby 27/04/08
      251.   #91:El-Birawi, ther you go again with reversal of accusations 02:14  |  Doc Holliday 27/04/08
      252.   How ironic 02:21  |  Mikey 27/04/08
      253.   Do not monitor, but keep the pressure! 02:22  |  Sens 27/04/08
      254.   Tosefta - Jewish village fool 02:26  |  17 27/04/08
      255.   Agreed Tosefta. 02:27  |  Mark Lincoln 27/04/08
      256.   The answer is NO , maybe, Yes, better -Get Lost 02:29  |  Sal 27/04/08
      257.   Messhal, hiding inside the panties of syria 02:29  |  superjew 27/04/08
      258.   Nice analysis! 02:38  |  Sens 27/04/08
      259.   Why negotiate at all? 02:39  |  Mike Wiseman 27/04/08
      260.   Origin of Tactic 02:41  |  Paul 27/04/08
      261.   SMADAR @181 02:44  |  ...G1 27/04/08
      262.   Margie in Tel Aviv @208 02:47  |  ..G1 27/04/08
      263.   #1"Accept Hamas` offer" 02:49  |  Gary 27/04/08
      264.   KATHY DEAR 02:50  |  GABE1 27/04/08
      265.   #225 liberia - didn`t you notice? 02:51  |  * BEN JABO 27/04/08
      266.   #205 Lincoln - Update your files 02:53  |  * BEN JABO 27/04/08
      267.   #25 "Israeli Terror is Real" 02:56  |  Gary 27/04/08
      268.   #125....Hey Lynn!!! 03:34  |  Silvienne 27/04/08
      269.   #261 G1 Well, you`re probably right about the great divide ... 03:54  |  Smadar 27/04/08
      270.   Israeli position revealed (Mark Lincoln #255) 04:00  |  Tosefta 27/04/08
      271.   Just say no to suicide 04:18  |  utagawa 27/04/08
      272.   Mikey # 252 What Did The Sign Say? 04:23  |  Jeff Northridge 27/04/08
      273.   Nothing New, all Old Tactics 04:51  |  The Archives 27/04/08
      274.   #240 ChanahS 04:57  |  Janice 27/04/08
      275.   The confusion of Morris Valentine 05:12  |  Morris Valentine 27/04/08
      276.   Israeli position revealed (Mark Lincoln #255) 05:14  |  Tosefta 27/04/08
      277.   IDF needs to continue to promote Hamas "evolution" 05:23  |  Voice of Reason 27/04/08
      278.   266# BEN JAB- Meshal:Hamas ready for truce,but only as `tactics` 05:38  |  Akram Zekaria 27/04/08
      279.   Truce with Hamas 05:58  |  Otto Rand 27/04/08
      280.   tactic cont. 06:35  |  Paul 27/04/08
      281.   Morris Valentine 09:26  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/04/08
      282.   #225 Joshua the chameleon poster 09:29  |  another chameleon 27/04/08
      283.   #276 Akram Zekaria 10:10  |  * BEN JABO 27/04/08
      284.   cnn bbc media 13:34  |  steve 27/04/08
      285.   # 229 Philip If You think Israel needs to get hit I say to You 15:19  |  KATHY 27/04/08
      286.   # 120 Beleau Micronesian saying..Read Yours yesterday.And. 15:38  |  KATHY 27/04/08
      287.   283# Be JABO. You couldn`t be more right. 16:09  |  Akram Zekaria 27/04/08
      288.   Tactic cont. 18:53  |  Paul 27/04/08
      289.   LakSHIMI (#164) whom are you kidding 01:17  |  Gil 28/04/08
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