Hamas rules out permanent truce with Israel
February 2, 2009 by SAF Desk
TEHRAN (AFP) – The political supremo of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, on Sunday ruled out any “permanent ceasefire” until Israel ends its crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, meanwhile, in talks with Meshaal urged him to be prepared for new hostilities with archfoe Israel.
“The resistance is against a permanent ceasefire,” Meshaal said at a news conference in Tehran, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported.
“While the occupation continues, a permanent ceasefire has no meaning,” Meshaal said at the conference, jointly held with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
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