Abbas offers to broker Hamas-Israel ceasefire, is rejected by Hamas

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas offered on Thursday to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Israel Radio reported. Hamas rejected the offer. "[Abbas's] call for a ceasefire ignores the suffering of the Palestinian people in order to further personal interests, first and foremost the protection of the occupier," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum said.