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(UPDATED) Israeli Ambassador Says There Is No Ceasefire With Hamas

Nov. 20, 2012 11:32am Tiffany Gabbay

UPDATE II: Israeli Ambassador says there is no ceasefire (source: Fox News 3:40 p.m. ET).

UPDATE I: According to Blaze Israel correspondent Sharona Shwartz, the Israeli press has, as of 2:30 pm ET, quoted Egyptian press saying there will be no ceasefire press conference likely happening tonight (November 20).

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According to a report in Reuters early Tuesday afternoon, Hamas claimed it reached an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement with Israel and that the truce would be declared in a matter of hours (at 2:00 pm ET) and go into effect at 5:oo pm ET. Israel, however is denying it has agreed to a ceasefire and that talks are still underway.

Based on a statement made by a Hamas official, Reuters reported earlier:

Israel and Gaza militants have agreed to the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, Hamas official Ayman Taha says. The Gaza truce will be declared at 1900 GMT and go into effect at 2200 GMT, the official said.

Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev told CNN, however, that a ceasefire deal has not been finalized and the “ball is still in play.”

“Until you’re there, you’re not there,” he said.

Shortly before Regev’s statement, a Hamas official said a deal had been reached during talks brokered by Egypt.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be a “willing partner” in a ceasefire, but of course, that ceasefire would have to have safeguards in place ensuring that Israeli citizens do not come under fire by Hamas one or two weeks following a potential truce.

Netanyahu said that “if a long-term solution can be put in place by diplomatic means, Israel will be a willing partner.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is currently en route to the region to meet with leaders on both sides.

This is a breaking story. Updates will be added. The Associated press contributed to this report.

Please also look for articles by veteran journalist Sharona Schwartz, who is reporting live from Jerusalem for TheBlaze.

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Comments (51)

What the Heck
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 5:10pm
Ho do you compromise with killers/ Israel needs to stand firm. Enough.
If the nuts would have take care of thier country years ago, they would be prosporous. But no, they want to kill all Jews and Christians and the peril of their countrymen.

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aschark
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 4:57pm
It seems that there’s a little dust kick-up in the Middle East. If it goes viral, many people will pay for it, some with their lives. And, perhaps, the rest of the world will pay for it, in the form of oil. Personally, I have no way of stopping/avoiding the possible onslaught, but I have a suggestion for Obama: Drill. If the US is totally independent of the International suppliers, it would cut down on their income from us, and OPEC will become an anagram for the Suppliers: COPE. With the money and jobs created (12 million says Romney), we can combat the upcoming unemployment and recession. Just a thought.

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jessieH
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 4:37pm
No cease fire? No surrender, no retreat.

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tunnelboy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 4:32pm
Gaza strip needs to be purged of all Palestinians once and for all.

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judyaz
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 2:26pm
What if –
The Muslim Brotherhood (who wants a Caliphate in the Middle East or worldwide) instructed Hamas to escalate rocketing Israel as a diversionary or stalling tactic until Iran can finish the nuclear weapons? What if all this was a sideshow to detract our attention and keep the U.S. or Israel from intervening in Iran?
Remember when the newly elected Egyptian President Morsi went immediately to Iran to meet the Iranian and regime and the Palestinian leader in Iran? What did they discuss? Israel objected to this unprecedented visit.
Then Morsi went to the U.N. to visit Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
Don’t know if this relates, but Obama told the U.N. the 9-11 Benghazi attack was over a video. His U.N. Ambassador told us this next, as did the administration. This would support the Muslim Brotherhood’s propaganda war against insulting the prophet, to inhibit our freedom of speech and make a step toward U.N. Law ruling over the American Constitution.
Remember that Obama told the U.N. he supports dividing Jerusalem and returning Israel to its 1967 borders before Egypt attacked Israel and lost. U.S. Presidents since Jimmy Carter have urged Israel to give up land for peace that never came.
Last year the Obama administration, including the websites of the White House and of the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, stopped showing Jerusalem as in Israel, considering it an international city.
When will the Anti-Christ offer peace from Jerusalem?

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- judyaz
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 2:29pm
  We will see if the US actually does protect Israel.
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 4:55pm
  Judy- you may be onto something. With more missles on the way from Iran, they will not turn around and head back to Iran.
  
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samsilver
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:29pm
there will never be true peace.but we will have a world order to comfort us.why dont we care about
all the killing and fighting in all the world not just the injustice in the midddle east.sometimes i think
it MIGHT be about money and power not about human rights and freedom naw its about human
rights and freedom for all,crazy me
BIDEN/FLUKE THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!!!!!.

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noslave
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:25pm
like in boxing you never let your oponent catch his second wind,isrial did this so many times the truce will be predictable,leave nothing standing it will send a message to the rest,if they dont heed it wipe them all out once and for all??its like killing cockaroaches half assed the rest come back again??

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- Tachy320
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 6:46pm
  I agree. Israel should take a few hours out of its day and kick their a&&, then turn to Iran and give them the same. Im sure glad Obama is sending big ships with lots of helpful firepower except they’re for evacuating US citizens. And on a side note to the Turkish PM: shut the hell up you rotten Muslim POS.
  Sorry, just needed to be said.
  
  Never surrender
  Never stand down
  
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DarthMims
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:03pm
I want to caution all of the media that irresponsible reporting of truce talks may lead this war to a premature peace.

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- Forced_Union_Worker
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:25pm
  Ceasefire talks mean that Haman’s is running low on rockets.
  
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- hatchetjob
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:34pm
  Right on, FORCED UNION!! Right on!!
  
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Forced_Union_Worker
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:54pm
Hamas should listen to obama and stop clinging to their guns and their religion

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:24pm
Never believe proven liars, especially when Taqiyya kicks in.

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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:18pm
Hot Damn. No POTUS. No SOS. How ever could a truce be accomplished without them?

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universalphilos
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:18pm
A prophecy, November 27, 1973: ” Fear not, for those who should struggle in the name of the Lord and show of themselves their true faith, God should not desert of them.
Yet woe be this land [USA], and woe be those of other lands that should not protect God’s people in Israel. For we say unto you, protect now, or your war of Armageddon shall come upon the earth.”
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzyT3fgGxb4-Mnp5THVvU0tNMFU

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- SUNTZU
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:35pm
  And when they say Peace-Peace,
  Then the end will come
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:12pm
To Hamas: STOP Firing Rockets. Brokered Ceasefire? Everyone who doesn’t get it. Everyone knows your Stupid! Back to Kill the Killers, of the Killers, of the Killers. Where does that take Anyone? DEAD!

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dimbulbz
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:06pm
Go ahead, make the agreement, but dont let down your guard for a second. Its comical, for every Israeli death there is like 100 Palastinian deaths. Despite any “agreement” It will continue until Palistine is a giant smoking hole. Its not far from that now.

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doomytram
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:57am
Obozo is PeO’ed!

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- tdunn626
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:00pm
  Oooooooooh! Barracks H. O. is sorry he could not bring Israel to her knees.
  
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:48am
Beck and his minions wanted this to be the beginning of WWIII just so his cult of fear and paranoia could make more money on apocalyptic goods.

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- tdunn626
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:56am
  Yes, and we really don’t care or take seriously the words of the militant Islamo-fascist Muslims who have the weapons and expressed desire to annihilate Israel – just as an aside……..
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:59am
  I just want to see more dead Hamas.
  
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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:34pm
  @Cavallo.. LOL…right there with you buddy….Hezbollah too….and why we are at it how about the Al-Akza Martyr’s Brigade or whatever the heck they call themselves….
  
  I just want to see a giant sheet of glass covering every psycho infested hole of a country that elects or is dictated to by the Muslim Brotherhood…. that is my Project..that is my 10 year plan for the Middle East…..
  
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jrcess
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:47am
Time to get Susan Rice warmed up to tell the American public a bunch of LIES. Hillary will have to give her the talking points on how she single handed negoiated the truce. Oh whoop she has not landed yet. but that sounds good. Obama was nowhere to be found like the monkey he sees nothing, hears nothing and knows nothing.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:00pm
  Hamas was mad at an internet video, dontcha know. Don’t worry, Hillary will throw the maker of that offending video in jail.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:45am
A truce is not necessarily the end of hostilities. This will not last.

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NSDQ
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:45am
Thats garbage the reason this crap keeps happening is because Israel never finishes the job. If they would level Gaza City to rubble this ends and peace might have a chance. Since Hamas started this Israel should end it for good.

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- hatchetjob
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:38pm
  NSDQ, Ditto big time!!!
  
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:45am
You gotta love the right wing Beckbots wanting a all out world war. Typical violent war mongers.

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- jessieH
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 4:36pm
  You sound scared.
  
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:44am
Good job Palestine!. Shame on you Israel you war mongers!

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- texashuntre
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 4:59pm
  TROLL You have no idea what you are even talking about. Your points? Wait you have no points. Time for Israel to clean house. These radicals need to be taken out! Stop being such a sand digger! Work on actually contributing to society for once.
  
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Steve28
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:42am
Great now they will have time to load up with better missles. They should just clean house.

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term limits for congress
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:41am
So, Hamas calls a timeout while they get some better weapons. In our new world, that is known as a truce. Sending an update to Wikipedia now…

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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:48am
  That’s hilarious. And true.
  
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- Evileye
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:58am
  Same as Korean war, they talked truce but as many or more people died while they talked.
  They just want some time so Iran can send in more missiles,Then they will go at it again.
  Each time they fire a missile Israel should take one mile of there territory . And not return it.
  Like the Golan Heights. Soon no more Gaza Strip.
  We should stop giving money to the Palestinians,They have nothing to do so creating trouble
  is like a job.If they were peaceful we would probably not send them aid.Create problems we send money so they will be nice .Does not work and never will. Appeasement sucks.
  
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WillG
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:38am
I don’t buy it.

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copatriots
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:37am
How ’bout they sign a peace treaty that Hamas breaks in three and a half years?

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- biohazard23
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:39am
  Wanna bet Dear Leader tries to claim credit for this from his nifty Asian jaunt? He will say that this happened because he exists and because he’s just so swell. And the lapdogs will salivate their agreement.
  
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- copatriots
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:46am
  Hey Girl!
  
  Of course he will! Take credit when things go well and blame when they don’t. It’s the 0bamanation.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:50am
  I think that’s the new American way. Sad but true.
  
  Good morning, BTW!
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:01pm
  They’re running out of rockets so they are going to sign a cease fire so they can rearm via Egypt.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:22pm
  Or Iran.
  
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