(Ha'aretz) Gideon Alon - The Gaza branch of Hamas needs approval from the Damascus political bureau for a cease-fire, Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aharon Ze'evi told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday. Ze'evi said more international pressure must be applied to force Damascus to close the offices of the rejectionist front organizations located in the Syrian capital. In addition, more pressure needs to be applied on Saudi Arabia and Iran to halt the transfer of funds to Hamas. Ze'evi also said that the student demonstrations in Iran are not destabilizing the Tehran regime, since the protesters have not yet managed to recruit the overall Iranian public.
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