[Star Traveler]

Israel worked with Egypt to get this cease-fire and Israel agreed to accept it. It sounds like Turkey was messing around behind the scenes to sabotage it. In the meantime, after Turkey sabotaged Egypt and Israel's working together, Turkey comes out on the news and says that it (Turkey) wants to be the "new broker" of a cease-fire. What a bunch of idiots in Turkey!

[holden]

Surely Hamas is not trying to find excuse in their advice-givers from Turkey or Qatar! Do they not accept responsibility for their own, final decisions?

Do note, however, the One's close relationship to Turkey's Erdogan. And because of the Gitmo hand-off, similar good relations with the Qataris. Maybe Hamas felt it was advice they could not refuse.

HF

[SunkenCiv]

This is according to Haaretz, so:

> A senior Israeli official [unnamed of course] said that Khaled Meshal, head of Hamas’ political bureau, prefers the Qatari—Turkish mediation to Egypt’s brokerage.

Thanks Star Traveler.

Egypt will return $3bn to Qatar in 2014
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/economy/2014/01/23/Egypt-will-return-3bn-to-Qatar-this-year.html

Egypt returns $2 billion to Qatar in sign of growing tensions [Sept 2013]
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/19/us-egypt-qatar-deposits-idUSBRE98I0N020130919

How Qatar Lost the Middle East
[snip] On March 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain announced in a joint statement that they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Doha... [/snip]
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/05/how_qatar_lost_the_middle_east

Foreign relations of Qatar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Qatar

and, from the partisan media shills at the Compost:

Egypt’s break with Qatar could contribute to a scorching summer for country’s residents
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypts-break-with-qatar-could-contribute-to-a-scorching-summer-for-countrys-residents/2014/05/21/c3cf1172-cd5d-4fed-8981-ea0142e75ab7_story.html

[SunkenCiv]

more by this projihadist scribbler:

http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/jack-khoury-1.440

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Egyptian army hates the Palestinians.

[SunkenCiv]

2:30 P.M. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves Turkey for an unplanned visit to Qatar, to meet with the Qatari emir and with Hamas’ Khaled Meshal. Abbas says he has convinced the Qataris to go along with the Egyptian cease-fire proposal. (Jack Khoury)

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.605994

[Star Traveler]

Here’s a running account of news reports related to these recent events with Israel and Hamas. If you want to catch up on the news accounts ... they are here ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/stisraelhamas/index

It’s listed from newest to oldest, so go to the bottom to start.

[SunkenCiv]

Egypt: We will not revise cease-fire proposal rejected by Hamas
Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri says Cairo’s offer ‘provides the needs of all sides.’
By DPA, Reuters and Haaretz
Jul. 19, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.606010

[snip] On Friday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked France to use its influence on Hamas allies such as Turkey and Qatar to help negotiate a cease-fire between the Gaza group and Israel, Fabius said. [/snip]