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Israeli army plans to set up 'buffer zone' in Gaza
2007-05-09
Israel's army has developed a plan to create a "buffer zone" inside the edge of the Gaza Strip to halt the latest wave of Palestinian rocket attacks, military officials said on Tuesday. Such Israeli action would likely torpedo a six-month Trucefire truce in the Gaza Strip and could threaten US efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

The military's plan for a 300-meter-deep (yard) zone inside Gaza is one of several options Israel is considering to counter the rocket fire, the military officials said on condition of anonymity since they were not allowed to discuss the plan with the media. Ghazi Hamad, spokesman for Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, called the proposal a "dangerous idea." "It will cause more confrontations. It won't provide stability," he said.

Military commanders have presented the plan to Olmert's Cabinet but it has not yet been approved, the officials said. The plan will be debated by senior Cabinet ministers next week, Haaretz reported on Tuesday. Israel periodically carries out "pinpoint" operations on the edges of Gaza to halt rocket launchings. The military's plan calls for a greater presence that would be constant in some places, the officials said.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Ghazi Hamad, spokesman for Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, called the proposal a "dangerous idea." "It will cause more confrontations. It won't provide stability," he said.

Which, in realspeak, means it will reduce confrontations and increase stability. Israel needs to turn a deaf ear to world opinion and flush out Gaza and the West Bank. Let these vicious thugs find homes elsewhere. There will never be any peace so long as the Palestinians exist.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-05-09 19:30  

#9  Time to erase Phakestan and send them all packing to "Jordan" and Egypt.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-05-09 16:01  

#8  Remember to box off the paleos in the low spot so the sewage problem can be used to remind them who is in control.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-05-09 15:34  

#7  Now they are thinking. 300 meters is a OK start they should just make the statement that it will continue to be expanded 300meters at a time deeper and deeper until the rockets STOP. At some point there will either be no more rockets, or no more paleo's in Gaza to fire rockets.

The Paleo's wont compromise becuase they think they have hit bottom and cannot be hurt any worse. The Isrealis need to make the Paleo's understand they can lose what little they have left ALSO. Once they understand they can lose all the Paleo's will be ready to accept a compromise.
Posted by: C-Low   2007-05-09 10:35  

#6  And bar all foreign "journalists" from entering.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-05-09 08:54  

#5  I just checked a map and it looks like a buffer zone about 6 miles wide, extending SE from the water's edge, should just about do it.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-05-09 07:12  

#4  Yes..300 metres on the watery side of the edge.
Posted by: Bunyip   2007-05-09 01:23  

#3  I was thinking the same Jackal. Extend to within 300 meters from the waters edge.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970   2007-05-09 00:46  

#2  This might work. I'd make it about 20 miles deep, though.
Posted by: Jackal   2007-05-09 00:33  

#1  Somebody there has been reading Rantburg.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-05-09 00:29  

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