Sentence examples for hudna from from inspiring English sources

They chanted, "No free hudna from now on" and "We will not accept the degrading hudna," referring to the fragile truce with Israel that has been largely observed by Hamas, the larger Islamic group that controls Gaza.

We Palestinians are prepared to enter into a hudna to bring about an immediate end to the occupation and to initiate a period of peaceful coexistence during which both sides would refrain from any form of military aggression or provocation.

A truce is referred to in Arabic as a "hudna".

(The idea is not the Likud's alone: several years ago, the spiritual leader of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, told me that although religious beliefs would preclude Palestinians from making a permanent peace with a Jewish state, they would allow for a hudna, or truce).

Like a fine summer vacation, the hudna feels as if it should go on forever.

In exchange, Hamas would commit itself to a 10-year hudna (truce) — a well established notion in Islamic tradition.

We have even offered a hudna [truce] of 10-20 years, to build confidence, to make a better climate".

Palestinian observers cite the hudna as evidence that pragmatic accommodation with the hard-liners is possible despite their uncompromising ideology.

"They talk of hudna, not of peace or reconciliation with Israel," said Mr. Abusada, the political scientist.

Typically covering 10 years, a hudna is recognized in Islamic jurisprudence as a legitimate and binding contract.

This was the first incident of terrorist violence in an Israeli town since the Palestinian militant groups, and Fatah, announced a three-month hudna, or armistice, on June 29th.