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| Egyptian Ceasefire Plan Introduces PA Control In Gaza |
| 2014-08-11 |
| [Ynet] Analysis: Israel seems prepared to accept passage of goods, people between Gazoo, West Bank; diplomats considering release of prisoners withheld during peace talks. Egypt's intelligence chief, Major General Mohammed Ahmed Fareed Al-Tuhami, is taking action at ceasefire talks in Cairo to consolidate an initial agreement focused on a ceasefire and humanitarian relief. According to the emerging agreement, Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... and his Paleostinian Authority (PA) will have control over the Philadelphi Route to prevent further construction of smuggling tunnels beneath the border between Egypt and Gazoo. By following this plan, Abbas and forces under the PA would be responsible for monitoring or destroying entrances to smuggling tunnels on the Paleostinian side and the Egyptians would do the same from Sinai as they have done up till now. These plans for the Philadelphi Route are all part of the Egyptian ceasefire plan which would include the opening of the Rafah border crossing under control of the PA and which Abbas' negotiators seem ready to accept within the framework of their reconciliation government with Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, restoring some form of control and status to the PA in the Gazoo Strip. In accordance with the current outlines drawn up by the Egyptians, Israel is required to facilitate the movement of goods at the Kerem Shalom border crossing as well as the movement of people between Gazoo and the West Bank through the Erez border crossing. Israel is prepared to agree to such a deal. The Israelis have also signaled that they are prepared to grant the Paleostinians expanded fishing rights off the Gazoo coast, but demand that Israeli forces will be able to monitor a security parameter from the west to the fence surrounding the Strip in order to make sure that Paleostinian organizations aren't digging new smuggling tunnels. It's not completely clear if the Israelis are demanding a permanent presence in the security parameter or simply the right to enter the area when there is suspicion of a tunnel being dug and about to emerge in Israeli territory. According to the Egyptian initiative, besides having control of the Philidelphi Route and the Rafah border crossing, the PA will act as a middle man, passing funds from Qatar to Hamas in the amount required to pay some 43,000 government officials who have not been paid for quite some time. The efforts to reach an agreement are being held mainly in Cairo, but are also taking place by telephone between the Israelis, Egypt, the PA, the US, and a few countries representing EU interests. The UN envoy Robert Serry is also involved in these efforts. These efforts are complex, but can be easily separated into two different political fronts or goals to be achieved. 1. The involved parties are working to achieve an immediate ceasefire that will allow for humanitarian relief to reach Paleostinians in the Gazoo Strip. 2. The general consensus is also that a long-term agreement needs to be reached that will include an international declaration to prevent Hamas' military build up under either Paleostinian or international supervision, and a large aid package to rebuild the Gazoo Strip. The Israeli delegation is not currently present in Cairo, mostly because their presence isn't necessary for talks to continue. The envoy that returned to Israel on Friday already gave the Egyptians their stance on the initial agreement. So far, Egyptian mediators have not phoned and asked the Israelis to change or reconsider any of their terms. Therefore, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can say without hesitation that he is not negotiating with Hamas while Israel remains under fire. At least for the time being, the Israeli envoy doesn't seem to be preparing to return to Cairo, but such action is possible. Israel, Egypt, and the PA all have mutual interests in the Egyptian initiative which intelligence chief Al-Tuhami is currently trying to sell to the Paleostinians. At the moment, Hamas is standing by its demands, but according to assessments in Cairo and Jerusalem, the group will eventually agree to a ceasefire and the terms of the initial agreement. The sides will then sit and talk out the main diplomatic truce. Prisoner release Israel will most likely agree to release Paleostinian prisoners that were denied their freedom during the last round of peace talks. This move will strengthen PA leader Abbas and at least partially meet Hamas' demands to release certain prisoners. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... right-wing politicians in Israel deny reports regarding the possible release of prisoners who were released in the deal for Gilad Shalit and re-captured during Operation Brother's keeper in the West Bank. Bassam as-Salhi, a member of the Paleostinian envoy to Cairo, said Saturday that the Paleostinians have postponed Israel's suggestion to release prisoners in exchange for the bodies of Israeli soldiers. As-Salhi spoke to Ma'an News Agency on Saturday saying that the Paleostinians are refusing to discuss the subject of the soldiers in the framework of the ceasefire talks. He said that the delegates would be ready to raise the issue after their other demands were met. Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, the pilot and the copilot had both hit the silk. Jack!Cynthia exclaimed. Do you know how to drive one of these things? Jack wiped some of the blood from his knuckles. No,he said. Do you?... in the international arena, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is pushing for an agreement that will finance the rehabilitation of the Gazoo Strip with funds from the US, EU and possibly even the UN while making sure to enforce strict inspection to prevent the military build up of Hamas and other Paleostinian organizations in the Gazoo Strip. Hamas proactively continues to fire rockets at Israel in relatively small amounts. Even Hamas doesn't want to anger the Egyptians and lose points in international and Paleostinian opinion. Therefore, they are simply allowing Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... to fire the rockets while seemingly putting limits on them. This policy allows Hamas to keep its stockpile of rockets for another day. Israel is responding to rocket fire by hitting targets picked out by intelligence efforts during the fighting including operation and control centers which were already attacked but which Hamas is trying to reoccupy. Israel is also attacking with comparative restraint in order not to upset Egyptian efforts to reach a stable ceasefire. |
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