[News] Hamas keen on reaching comprehensive ceasefire

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Hamas keen on reaching comprehensive ceasefire: Haniyeh
Al Mayadeen English
May 5, 2024
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The top Hamas official has put out a statement detailing the latest
developments on mediated negotiations.
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   - Hamas' Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press
   briefing after his meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein
   Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran, Iran, on March 26, 2024. *(AP)*

An end to the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people is an "essential
and rational" prerequisite to a mediated deal between the Palestinian
Resistance and the Israeli regime, the head of Hamas' Political Bureau,
Ismail Haniyeh, stated on Sunday.

Haniyeh affirmed the Islamic Resistance movement's positive approach to the
current round of negotiations in Cairo. Hamas discussed the issue with
Palestinian factions and mediators, holding "concentrated meetings" among
its leaders in Gaza and elsewhere, before sending its negotiating delegation
to Egypt
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hamas-delegation-to-head-to-cairo-on-may-4-to-continue-media>,
Haniyeh added.

The delegation was informed of the movement's "positive and flexible"
position on a deal, the top official explained.

However, negotiators were informed on the importance of prioritizing an end
to the aggression on the Palestinian people; an "essential and rational"
stance, Haniyeh added.

He said that an end to the Israeli war on Gaza would lay the groundwork for
a more "stable future".

Haniyeh questioned the viability of an agreement if a ceasefire is not its
initial result
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hamas-hinges-exchange-deal-on-written-ceasefire-clause--isra>
.

"The world has become a hostage to an extremist government, plagued by a
vast array of political problems and crimes committed in Gaza," Haniyeh
underlined.

"Its leader (Benjamin Netanyahu) seeks to invent permanent justifications
for the continuation of aggression, the expansion of conflict, and the
sabotage of efforts made by mediators and various parties," he stated.

Haniyeh also criticized the United States government for providing the
needed political cover for the Israeli regime's crimes, saying that it
should be responsible for stopping the war instead of "supplying it with
weapons of destruction and annihilation."

*Read more: 'Israel' refuses to adhere to permanent ceasefire: Exclusive
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--refuses-to-adhere-to-permanent-ceasefire--senior-so>*
Netanyahu blatantly rejects ceasefire demand

Haniyeh's remarks came just after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
hardened his rejection of calls for an end to the war on Gaza. Netanyahu
said that allowing Hamas to stay in power would pose a threat to "Israel".

Netanyahu said that the Israeli regime is only willing to pause its
aggression in order to secure the release of Israeli captives in the Gaza
Strip.

The Israeli war criminal said that Hamas is "entrenched in its extreme
positions," which include an end to the war on Gaza and the withdrawal of
Israeli occupation forces from the territory. For Netanyahu, abiding by the
rulings of international law, ending the occupation of internationally
recognized Palestinian territories, and halting genocidal crimes against
the Palestinian people are "extreme positions" that "Israel cannot accept."

On the other hand, Haniyeh stressed that the movement is still "eager to
reach a comprehensive and interconnected agreement, ending the aggression,
guaranteeing the withdrawal (of occupation forces), and achieving a serious
prisoner exchange deal."

*Read more: Israeli media: Netanyahu has long become a burden on 'Israel'
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-media--netanyahu-has-long-become-a-burden-on--israel>*
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