A delegation from Hamas is in Cairo this week for discussions with international mediators aimed at reviving the Gaza ceasefire deal, which Israel unilaterally destroyed last month by resuming its scorched earth bombing of the enclave. According to an internal draft circulated by Egyptian mediators and obtained by Drop Site, Hamas is being presented with a short-term proposal spanning 45 days aimed at forging a path to talks on a permanent ceasefire. It appears to scrap crucial elements of the framework from the original 3-phase deal signed by Hamas and Israel in January, which would have brought a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the declaration of a “permanent ceasefire.” The new draft proposal includes significant changes that Hamas is unlikely to accept, including the disarmament of Gaza.

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"For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system that has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. "Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, and no secret is revealed." -- John F Kennedy, Speech April 27, 1961