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Russian FM: Hamas promises end of attacks against Israel [BRIDGE FOR SALE]
YNet ^ | Feb. 27, 2007

Posted on 02/27/2007 10:17:12 AM PST by Alouette

Lavrov says Mashaal agreed to use Palestinian government's authority to stop violence including missile attacks against Israel. However, Hamas chief states group is not ready to recognize Israel

Associated Press Published: 02.27.07, 18:16 / Israel News

The supreme leader of Hamas has promised that the group will end missile attacks and other violence against Israel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday.

"Hamas should use its authority to stop violence including missile attacks against Israel," Lavrov said at a news conference after his meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal.

"We received confirmation that such steps will be taken," Lavrov said.

However, Mashaal said at a separate news conference that the group is not ready to recognize Israel.

Renouncing violence and recognizing Israel are both key demands of international peace negotiators.

"First of all, Israel has to end its occupation of Palestinian territory and put an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people," Mashaal said when asked about the recognition issue. "When Israel does that, the Palestinian people will make their position clear."

In remarks before his morning meeting with Mashaal, Lavrov called for international support for the power-sharing arrangement between Hamas and Fatah and for lifting an international financial aid blockade against the Palestinian Authority.

However, the Quartet of Middle East peace brokers, which includes Russia, has said recognizing Israel is a key condition for resuming aid. It was not immediately clear if Russia's expression of support for the Hamas-Fatah power-sharing agreement meant it was stepping back from the Quartet demands.


TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hamas; lies; mashaal

1 posted on 02/27/2007 10:17:19 AM PST by Alouette
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To: Alouette
Well it's not like they would lie, would they? :)

Regards, Ivan

2 posted on 02/27/2007 10:18:08 AM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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3 posted on 02/27/2007 10:18:12 AM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Alouette

The Russians telling us what Hamas promised them.

Liars telling us what liars promised them.


4 posted on 02/27/2007 10:19:54 AM PST by SolidWood (Attack Iran NOW!)
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To: Alouette
Still no money for Hamas until they recognize the country of Israel and just for good measures until they recognize Jesus Christ as their savior.
5 posted on 02/27/2007 10:28:08 AM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: Alouette
"We received confirmation that such steps will be taken," Lavrov said.

Wow..... Russians really went out on a limb to look stupid this time.

6 posted on 02/27/2007 10:29:24 AM PST by Realism (Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
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To: Alouette
The supreme leader of Hamas has promised...

Talk is cheap.

7 posted on 02/27/2007 10:32:09 AM PST by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis * Allen for U.S. Senate in '08 * Duncan Hunter for President in '08)
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To: Alouette

Oh pleaseeee give me a break Hamas dont' want that


8 posted on 02/27/2007 10:32:31 AM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Alouette

Indeed.

If the drooling Hamas morons weren't so bloody dangerous, this would be laughable.

But the murderous savagery of the Paleo-stinian barbarians is no laughing matter.

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9 posted on 02/27/2007 11:48:07 AM PST by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
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To: Alouette

Indeed.

If the drooling Hamas morons weren't so bloody dangerous, this would be laughable.

But the murderous savagery of the Paleo-stinian barbarians is no laughing matter.

.


10 posted on 02/27/2007 11:48:11 AM PST by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
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11 posted on 02/27/2007 1:32:55 PM PST by SJackson (No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms, Thomas Jefferson)
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To: MadIvan
The Kremlin only tells the truth, when one understand Putin's doublespeak. Hamas' track record of Nazi like butchery directed at Israel also speaks for itself.
12 posted on 02/27/2007 4:55:36 PM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is Never Free)
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To: Alouette

Okay, who's got the picture of Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown?


13 posted on 02/27/2007 4:58:22 PM PST by william clark (DH4WH - Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Alouette

Hamas promised to behave like a civilized human society for the thousandth time, and the next day fired 6 rockets into their neighbors housing tract.

Hamas is like a rabid dog wagging its tail. Only a liberal would try to pet it.


14 posted on 02/28/2007 10:58:21 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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