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| Egypt: Hamas agrees that fighting in Gaza must end | |
| 2009-01-12 | |
| Talks are progressing between Egyptian officials and a Hamas delegation dispatched to Cairo on finding an end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip, Egypt's state-owned news agency reported on Sunday. The agency an unnamed Egyptian official as saying that the Hamas delegation has agreed on the need to stop fighting as soon as possible. The officials characterized the negotiations between the nation's powerful intelligence chief Omar Suleiman and a Hamas delegation as positive.
MENA says the talks will resume Monday for a cease-fire agreement. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday announced a three point cease-fire initiative which Hamas initially rejected, insisting it needed provisions for a lifting of the siege on Gaza. Both Hamas and Israel have rebuffed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, as Israel's offensive against the Islamist organization enters its third week. On Thursday the UN Security Council voted on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but the United States unexpectedly abstained in the vote, saying talks on a truce were still under way through Egyptian mediation. An exiled Hamas leader said on Friday the United States appeared to want to give Israel more time to persist with the Gaza offensive. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, meanwhile, said Israel had rejected resolution on the grounds that "sharply rules out continued attacks directed against civilians and does not forbid urgent action against them." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Book title: Rice Gone - The Silver Lining. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-12 13:24 |
| #3 Blushes |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-12 12:37 |
| #2 Retired ambassador John Bolton writes that the US abstained because President Bush would not let Secretary of State Rice vote in support of the resolution as she'd wished. g(r)omgoru read her correctly a long time ago. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-01-12 09:21 |
| #1 The UN cant enforce anything and the US "abstains" from support for its resolution. Suck your num-num and thank you very much. Hamas' wishes are not exactly priorities for anybody else. Wait until Iran gets really stridently HYSTERICAL for International Intervention. Then ask them how they like their mountain oysters cooked. What we want is a clear cut victory. And a clear cut victory is to take away Hamas legitimacy in Palestinian perception . Humiliation and anarchy should do that. And then hand Iran the can of worms and say eat it. For the Left and the jew haters? Their noses will tell them it aint Filet Mignon. Hand 'em a napkin. |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2009-01-12 06:04 |