Hamas: Not ruling out direct talks with Israel

Senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzook hinted Thursday that the organization would not to veto direct negotiations with Israel, if circumstances forced it to hold them.

In an interview to the Hamas- affiliated Al-Quds newspaper, Marzook said that, in light of international efforts to begin talks on a ceasefire in the wake of Operation Protective Edge, there was no obstacle in religious law to negotiations with Israel.