[[{"content_id":"100985","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Hamas:No Place for EU,Israel at Rafah","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2008-02-02 13:13:00","content_summary":"","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":"Hamas leader, Khaled Mashaal, concludes 48 hours of talks in Cairo asking Rafah crossing be managed under Egyptian-Palestinian control. \r\n \r\n"We said the border must be under Egyptian-Palestinian control with no Israeli interference... and with no European partners," said senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, who took part in the talks with Fatah and Egypt on Friday. \r\n \r\nHe added that Hamas was prepared to accept the deployment of representatives of the Palestinian Authority chief, Mahmoud Abbas, at the terminal. \r\n \r\n"There was progress towards an understanding concerning the Rafah terminal, but we haven't reached agreement and we need to pursue further talks with the Egyptian leaders," leading Hamas official Mohamed Nasr told AFP. \r\n \r\nUnder the 2005 agreement, the Rafah terminal, which has remained largely shut since June 2006, was to be supervised by European Union monitors with cameras allowing round-the-clock surveillance by Israel. \r\n \r\nAlthough the Egyptian security forces attempted to block vehicles passing through Rafah crossing for the second day, the breaches remained open on Friday, supervised by Egyptian police and Hamas members. \r\n ","content_html":"

Hamas leader, Khaled Mashaal, concludes 48 hours of talks in Cairo<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> asking Rafah crossing be managed under Egyptian-Palestinian control. <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>"We said the border must be under Egyptian-Palestinian control with no Israeli interference... and with no European partners," said senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, who took part in the talks with Fatah and Egypt<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> on Friday. <\/font><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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He added that Hamas was prepared to accept the deployment of representatives of the Palestinian Authority chief, Mahmoud Abbas, at the terminal. <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>"There was progress towards an understanding concerning the Rafah terminal, but we haven't reached agreement and we need to pursue further talks with the Egyptian leaders," leading Hamas official Mohamed Nasr told AFP. <\/font><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Under the 2005 agreement, the Rafah terminal, which has remained largely shut since June 2006, was to be supervised by European Union monitors with cameras allowing round-the-clock surveillance by Israel<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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Although the Egyptian security forces attempted to block vehicles passing through Rafah crossing for the second day, the breaches remained open on Friday, supervised by Egyptian police and Hamas members. <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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