| "Send for the Janissaries!" |
Amid escalation in violence along border Moussa says proposal to be presented to UNSC; Gazoo ceasefire brokered by UN official Robert Serry who acts as intermediary between Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and J'lem, Ma'an reports.
| Thing is, the Israelis don't need the F15s to clobber Gazoo; their artillery reaches far enough as it is. |
The Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
on Sunday announced during a special meeting in Cairo that it plans to press the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Gazoo amid an escalation in violence in the area, AFP reported.
Arab League Secretary General  Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa
... who has been head of the Arab League since about the time Jerry and Dean split up ...
said he plans to present the proposal to the UN Security Council, the report said.
| Thus providing an opportunity for President Obama to achieve Samantha Power's long-term dream of using American troops to protect the Palestinians from Israel. |
The announcement came as Paleostinian news agency Ma'an reported on Sunday that UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Roberty Serry successfully brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Paleostinian factions in the Gazoo Strip including Hamas. The deal, reportedly reached Saturday night stipulated that the IDF stop its air and artillery strikes against Paleostinian terrorist groups, who also reportedly have agreed to halt their rocket and mortar fire. Neither Jerusalem nor Paleostinian factions in the Gazoo Strip have announced a ceasefire, but bigwigs made statements Sunday hinting to their openness towards such a deal.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said early Sunday that Jerusalem was willing to accept a mutual ceasefire with Hamas in Gazoo after several days of projectile fire and IDF strikes, adding that "If necessary, we will act, but," he said, "restraint is also a form of strength."
"If they stop firing on our communities, we will stop firing. If they stop firing in general, it will be quiet, it will be good," Barak told Israel Radio.
On the Gazook the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, Al-Quds, said that it was committed to a ceasefire with Israel, saying it was in the "interests of our people not to give Israel an excuse to launch a major military operation in Gazoo." The announcement came only hours after the group grabbed credit for firing three mortars and a rocket into Israeli territory Sunday morning.
Abu Ahmed, Islamic Jihad's spokesperson, said that his group would cease violence "so long as Israel fulfills it's responsibility and stops attacks against the Paleostinian people in Gazoo."
Hamas also softened its language on Sunday. The group's front man in the Gazoo Strip, Sami Abu Zuhri
...a senior front man for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gazoo. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest...
, on said that "The Paleostinian factions are not interested in escalation." He added, "if the Israeli aggression stopped, it would be natural for calm to be restored." 
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