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Sunday, October 26, 2014
Egypt postpones indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks: Hamas

Egypt postpones indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks: Hamas
Days after 31 Egyptian soldiers killed in two separate attacks in North
Sinai, Hamas says Egypt postponed the Cairo-based indirect
Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on cementing the Gaza war ceasefire due to
security concerns
Ahram Online , Sunday 26 Oct 2014
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/114007/World/Region/Egypt-postpones-indirect-PalestinianIsraeli-talks-.aspx

According to Hamas the Egyptian government officially told the movement that
Cairo has postponed indirect negotiations with the Israeli occupation
authorities in Cairo.

"Egypt informed the movement of the postponement of negotiations to cement
the Gaza war ceasefire and discuss the recent Israeli violations as well as
several other issues," Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesperson for the group said in a
statement on Sunday.

The Palestinian and Israeli sides have agreed to postpone the negotiations
originally scheduled for 27 October due to Jewish and Muslim holidays.

Barhoum did not specify a time when such meetings may be held.

The indirect Palestinian-Israeli negotiations were scheduled to begin under
the auspices of Egypt on Monday, after nearly two months of the 51-day
Israel offensive on the Gaza Strip that killed 2,200 Palestinians and
injured tens of thousands while also destroying thousands of housing units.
Seventy-three Israelis were also killed in the offensive.

The conflict ended on 26 August with an agreement to hold future talks on
solidifying the ceasefire, with the Palestinians demanding an end to
Israel's eight-year blockade of Gaza.

The Gaza Strip has been subject to three wars within the past six years that
have claimed a total of 3,760 lives, 2,200 of which were in the latest
offensive.

An informed source told Ahram Online that the indirect negotiations have
been postponed because of the security situation in Egypt, expecting that it
will take a long time until things settle down in the Sinai.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi declared a state of emergency in
parts of North Sinai shortly after at least 31 members of the Egyptian
security forces were killed and 30 injured in two separate attacks in the
governorate on Friday.

The state of emergency will last for three months and will include a daily
curfew from 5pm to 7am until further notice.

El-Sisi said in comments aired on state television on Saturday that "foreign
hands lie behind Friday's attacks.”

Over 40 security personnel have been killed in attacks in the Sinai
Peninsula this week, including the two attacks on Friday.

The Egyptian authorities announced the closure of the Rafah border crossing
with the Gaza Strip until further notice, due to the security situation in
the Sinai.

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