Israel will not attend Gaza truce talks in Cairo, official says.(Jpost).
Israel will not send envoys to Gaza truce negotiations in Egypt on Saturday as planned, an Israeli official said, accusing Hamas of misleading international mediators.
"Hamas is not interested in an accommodation," the official said on condition of anonymity.
Egypt's President said on Saturday the ceasefire plan proposed by his country offered the chance to end the Gaza conflict, but warned that lost time further complicated matters.
"The Egyptian initiative is a real chance to find a real solution to the crisis taking place in the Gaza Strip," Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told a joint press conference in Cairo with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
"Lost time ...complicates the situation more and more."A Fatah delegation led by senior official Azzam Al-Ahmed will fly into Cairo from Jordan for talks, a Palestinian official in Ramallah said. Exiled officials from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad militant group will also join the negotiations.
But following a breakdown of the Friday truce, Hamas officials in Gaza will not attend.Hmmm....You don't negotiate with 'mad dogs' and those that feed them.
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