On December 21, the Saudi "Middle East News" quoted Egyptian sources as saying on December 20 local time that the indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Doha, the capital of Qatar, have reached an agreement on the framework for the settlement of four main issues, including the release of detainees by Hamas, the release of Palestinians detained by Israel, and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from the "Philadelphia Corridor" on the b...