Israel, Israeli, Hamas, Gordian knot

Israel has rebuffed attempts to negotiate an end to the Gaza conflict amid signs that it may be moving towards unilaterally declaring a halt to fighting without an agreement that would involve concessions to Hamas.

Israel rejects talks as it signals end to Gaza attacks

Negotiations rebuffed amid signs that Israel may unilaterally declare end to conflict

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Obama Pins Mideast Hope on Limiting Settlements
By ETHAN BRONNER
The Obama administration has selected Israeli settlement building in occupied lands as the issue that could begin to untie the Gordian knot of the conflict.


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Gordian knot

1. An exceedingly complicated problem or deadlock.
2. An intricate knot tied by King Gordius of Phrygia and cut by Alexander the Great with his sword after hearing an oracle promise that whoever could undo it would be the next ruler of Asia.