Hamas in call to end suicide bombings
The newly elected Hamas government in Palestine, having already had an offer of "quiet for quiet" rejected by Israel with a rocket attack on Northern Gaza, have now vowed an end to the use of suicide bombers in the Middle East.
It is the latest sign that Hamas, having won an historic election in the Occupied Territories, are seeking to redefine themselves in order to enable future negotiations with Israel.
As Hamas toned down its rhetoric, Israel increased pressure on the Palestinians, particularly in Gaza. Two militants were killed in an airstrike near Gaza City yesterday and five men and a five-year-old boy were killed on Friday night.
Each day hundreds of artillery shells are fired by Israel at northern Gaza. Palestinian factional tension is also high and the price of commodities such as flour and sugar has more than doubled as a result of Israel closing border crossings.
Many Palestinians believe that suicide bombing damaged their cause, portraying them, not Israel, as the aggressors.
'The occupation government with its outside allies succeeded in labelling all Palestinians as terrorists as a result of the suicide bombings,' said Musa.
Ghazi Hamed, the spokesman for the government, said in future any military action would be restricted to the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel.
This is a further sign that Hamas are coming to terms with political reality, and that they will, in the very near future, be willing to both recognise and negotiate with Israel.
The question now is; will Israel be willing to recognise them as the democratically elected representatives of the Palestine people, and - more importantly - will Israel be willing to negotiate with them?
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