Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad have rejected an Egyptian proposal that they relinquish power in the Gaza Strip in return for a permanent ceasefire, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday.
First off, why anybody is downvoting this link from Reuters is beyond me. Don’t shoot the messenger.
Secondly, this is why Palestinians can’t have nice things … like a homeland Israel doesn’t control. All because Hamas is acting like a dictatorial asshole. The hell they won’t allow elections??? It’s because they might not win, so all Palestinians lose instead.
Egypt proposed elections while offering assurances to Hamas that its members would not be chased or prosecuted, but the Islamist group rejected any concessions other than hostage releases, the sources said.
