| Possibly true, possibly fevered rumour — we must patiently wait and see. And then, if it is true, see how long it lasts before Hamas lets it all explode again... |
An emerging cease-fire agreement aimed at calming months of violence on the Israel-Gazoo border will last for three years and see a significant easing of the blockade on the Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw,-controlled territory, Leb’s al-Akbar newspaper reported Saturday.
According to the report, the deal being brokered by Egypt stipulates a gradual stop to the ongoing, Hamas-orchestrated violent border protests and maritime flotillas over the next two months. In addition, Hamas will be obligated to punish Gazooks caught engaging in violent demonstrating along the border with Israel.
In return, Egypt will permanently open its Rafah border crossing and lift 70 percent of its blockade on the Hamas-controlled territory, the report said, citing officials familiar with the emerging agreement.
Al-Akbar said the deal would require Israel to grant 5,000 work permits for Gazooks, and expand the Strip’s fishing zone from nine to 14 nautical miles.
Israel had no immediate comment on the report.
In addition, the paper reported the Paleostinian Authority would pay 80% of the salaries of Hamas officials in Gazoo, and would not object to Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...bankrolling those wages for at least six months, like it has in the past.
Within the framework of the agreement, the report said various economic projects in Gazoo would be advanced to create jobs for some 30,000 jobs and alleviate the humanitarian situation in the Strip.
The truce is slated to last three years and will be under the supervision of the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
and Russia. At later stage after the deal is implemented, al-Akbar said Egypt would work to advance a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.
The report was released after Friday’s weekly protests along the Gazoo border saw a significant decrease in violence.
A senior Hamas member said the festivities were scaled down to give diplomatic efforts a chance amid talk of a breakthrough in months of Egyptian-led negotiations.
The official Twitter account of PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...’s Fatah faction even posted a picture of what it claimed to be a member of the Hamas-run security forces forcibly preventing protesters from approaching the Gazoo border fence during Friday’s protests.