Israeli Foreign Min Lieberman: 'Long-term Gaza truce does not seem possible.'(Haaretz).
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told diplomatic reporters on Sunday that he did not believe it would be possible to reach a long-term cease-fire agreement with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
"I don't think we can reach an agreed mechanism with regard to the payment of salaries in Gaza and with anything to do with Hamas strengthening. They will continue to create and smuggle weapons, and then how will we stop their strengthening? Any cease-fire, in my opinion, will be limited.
Lieberman also spoke to reporters about Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who he said he said had no public legitimacy in the Palestinian Authority and no authority according to the constitution to sign any agreement in the name of the Palestinians, as his term has expired.
“We cannot take far-reaching measures with the Palestinians without new elections in the PA,” he said. “Anyone who comes after Abu Mazen [Abbas] will say that we signed on ice, and will say that Abu Mazen signed without authority.
Lieberman also told reporters that Hamas' military chief Mohammed Deif had indeed died in an Israel Defense Forces' strike on the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge. Read the full story here.
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