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Date Posted: 07:39:38 01/06/09 Tue
Author: pastor lewis
Subject: SARKOZY URGES SYRIA TO PUT PRESSURE ON HAMAS

SARKOZY URGES SYRIA TO PUT PRESSURE ON HAMAS

January 6. 2009

YnetNews.com reports: “French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Syria on Tuesday to put pressure on its ally Hamas to return to a truce in the Gaza Strip where Israeli forces are carrying out a massive offensive against the Islamists.

‘It's up to Syria to put pressure on the players (in the conflict) and notably on Hamas so that peace returns,’ Sarkozy told journalists after talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Sarkozy arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus earlier in the day as part of a Mideast tour trying to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

He added: ‘I am convinced that Syria can make an important contribution to the search for a solution. President Assad can play a role. He must convince Hamas it should choose reason, peace and reconciliation.’

Sarkozy was referring to the bitter split between the supporters of Hamas and those who back Fatah of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

Bashar, meanwhile, strongly condemned the Israeli offensive…”


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