Saturday, February 12, 2005

Not perfect but . . .

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas promised on Saturday to maintain a de facto truce and, in a major policy change, not to retaliate immediately for any Israeli violence while it weighs Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's ceasefire with Israel.

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This is good news. While Hamas still isn't embracing the ceasefire, the guns are quiet for now.