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Israel should take up Hamas's offer of a long-term truce and try negotiating, because the
Islamic movement is respected by Palestinians and generally keeps its word, he said. He pointed to the cease-fire in attacks on Israel that Hamas declared two years ago and has largely honoured. "They're not very pleasant people, but they are very, very credible," Halevy said. He believes in an aggressive approach, but at the same time in recognising the moderate leaders of Hamas as a partner in the Palestinian government.
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Halevy has written extensively on Israel's relationship with the United States, generally taking a moderate, pragmatic view of the
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Halevy is known as a hard-headed pragmatist on issues involving the
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which developed into a close personal friendship. Hussein trusted Halevy both with sensitive
Jordanian internal issues and clandestine contact to act as a back channel with Israel whenever relations reached an impasse. As a result of his warm relations with Hussein, Halevy, along with
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Jerusalem. He underscored the importance of the upcoming 17 March 2015 elections, which from his perspective "constitute an unprecedented opportunity to determine Israel's policy vis-Ć -vis the peace process."
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Democratic president has ever strong-armed Israel on any key national security issue." He concluded: "That's food for thought in
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was not favourable for Israel, and Prime
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