Hamas Rejects Results of Ceasefire Talks in Gaza
New Hamas leader, Yahya Siwar, Aug2024 Photo: @MuhammadZayii
August 16, 2024 Hour: 7:21 pm
Walid al-Kilani stated that the results of the dialogue do not meet the aspirations of the Palestinian people.
The spokesman for the Palestinian Resistance Movement (Hamas), Walid al-Kilani, rejected on Friday in front of the media the results of the current talks on Gaza in Doha, capital of Qatar, and claimed that these are inconsistent with the agreements of 2 July, which Hamas accepted.
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In the Doha negotiations there was no reaction to Hamas’ initiatives, Israel put forward additional conditions. Israel’s new demands include maintaining its presence at the Netzarim checkpoint, as well as in Rafah, Gaza. We do not want to bury these negotiations in advance, but the Israelis continue to obstruct them as they did in previous rounds”, he stressed.
Al Kilani said that the results of the dialogue did not meet the aspirations of the Palestinian people, and he also denounced that the US (US) government is spreading rumors about the positivity of the talks, “having objectives derived from the negotiations”.
In previous rounds we were positive and the Biden administration should put pressure on the Israeli side, but we did not participate in the Doha negotiations and the Biden administration failed to put pressure on Israel,” he said.
Hamas Media Official Walid Al-Kilani to Syria TV: Doha Negotiations Did Not Succeed and America Spreads Rumors About Their Positivity Presented by: Alaa Hashem
Hamas spokesman also said that the Palestinian resistance has not yet decided to participate in the next round of negotiations in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, as there is no real commitment to the proposals that Hamas has presented before “and that the occupation has previously approved”.
Negotiations are scheduled to continue next week in the Egyptian capital, so the leaders of that country, the US, are expected to discuss the issue with the Egyptian authorities. and Qatar are seeking an agreement to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, according to statements made by a US official on Friday.
“We will meet again in Cairo at this level before the end of next week with the aim of closing this process once and for all,” he said, assuring that the parties have reached a consensus in the dialogue.
On this day, USA. presented to Israel and Hamas a ceasefire proposal, allegedly aimed at reducing the gaps between the parties, which resulted from negotiations that took place between Thursday and Friday, in which Hamas representatives did not participate.
This weekend, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel to be part of the negotiations.
Talks began on Thursday in the capital of Qatar, with teams from the US, Egypt and Israel. The US side rated its beginnings as promising.
Although Hamas claimed that it will not participate in the negotiations for the time being, it requested a road map based on a proposal from US President Joe Biden and accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The dialogue covered issues including territorial control along the Gaza-Egypt border and the return of displaced civilians in Gaza.
However, Hamas claims that Israel continues to obstruct the negotiations, so they have not been as successful as the US. He’s trying to show the world.
Autor: OSG
Fuente: Syrian TV-Sputnik
