"“Everyone wanted us to accept a cease-fire and then negotiate for our rights,” Mr. Meshal said at a news conference in Qatar, his home in exile, taking aim at the very approach Mr. Kerry has sought to nurture. “We reject this, and we reject it again today.”" Even some Israeli newspapers reported that Mish`al actually said "Hamas prepared to sign ceasefire agreement – on the condition that Israel's siege of Gaza is rescinded".