Immediately after the election, a senior Hamas official, Mahmoud al-Zahar, said that Hamas would maintain the cease-fire with Israel begun last February, if Israel did the same. Hamas may be signaling that it will not provoke Israel.
哈马斯的一位高官在选举后马上说，哈马斯将维持去年二月开始的与以色列的停火协议，条件是以色列也这样做的话。哈马斯可能是在表示它不会触怒以色列。也有可能其管制的责任将推动哈马斯朝向与美国以及国际社会持续不停的谈判。