JERUSALEM, June 18, 2008
Israel Confirms Truce With Hamas In Gaza
Cease-Fire To Begin Thursday Morning, But Both Sides Remain On Guard In Vacuum Of Trust
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An Israeli soldier rests on top of a tank at an army base near the Israel-Gaza border, southern Israel, June 17, 2008. Israel confirmed Wednesday, June 18, 2008 that a cease-fire with Hamas would begin on June 19. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Palestinians gather around the wreckage of a car that was hit in an Israeli missile strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip,Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Palestinian officials say five militants were killed and two wounded in the strike by Israeli aircraft. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
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If the fighting indeed ceases, Israel will next week agree to ease the blockade of the Gaza Strip, Israeli defense officials said. In tandem with the easements, talks on efforts to release an Israeli soldier held by Hamas will be intensified, the officials said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the talks.
Egypt, the mediator of the talks, had announced the agreement on Tuesday, saying that it will begin Thursday at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Hamas confirmed the deal shortly afterward.
Egypt has committed as part of the deal to stop the smuggling of arms and weapons into the Gaza Strip, the officials said. A U.S. military engineering corps is slated to aid the Egyptian efforts, the officials said.
If Israel determines that Egyptian anti-smuggling efforts are serious, Hamas, Egypt and European officials will begin talks on the opening of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza, the officials said.
The truce was meant to end a violent cycle of Palestinian rocket attacks that have killed seven Israelis over the past year and Israeli reprisals that have killed more than 400 Palestinians.
But the phased approach is prone to pitfalls, and past truces have quickly broken down. Israel cautiously promised a "new reality" if the rocket fire ends.
The announcement capped months of Egyptian-brokered negotiations that have been repeatedly marred by violence. The deal was first announced in Cairo by Egypt's state-run news agency and quickly confirmed by Hamas. However, Hamas said it would respond to any Israeli attacks.
Underscoring the fragile situation, Israeli aircraft attacked three targets in southern Gaza, killing six Palestinian militants, Gaza medical officials said. In response, Palestinian militants fired seven rockets into Israel, the Israeli military said.
CBS News correspondent Robert Berger reports Israel was reluctant to accept the truce, fearing Hamas will use it to regroup and rearm for another round of violence. But Israeli analyst Chuck Freilich says that for now, a ceasefire is preferable to an Israeli invasion of Gaza.
"I don't think it'll last very long-term. It still looks like sooner or later we will have to go into Gaza in a big way, but it would be nice to try all possibilities that might allow us to avert that," said Freilich.
Still, after months of fighting, both sides seemed interested in a period of calm.
Israel wants to halt the incessant rocket and mortar attacks on its southern communities that have killed seven Israelis over the past year. Israeli reprisals have killed more than 400 Palestinians, many of them civilians, according to an Associated Press tally based on figures from hospital officials.
Israel also wants an end to Hamas arms smuggling into Gaza from Egypt, and the return of Cpl. Gilad Schalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Hamas-linked militants in a cross-border raid two years ago.
Hamas wants Israel to lift its crippling blockade of Gaza, which has led to widespread shortages of fuel, electricity and basic goods. Israeli imposed the sanctions after Hamas violently seized control of Gaza last year, and has tightened the blockade recently in response to increased rocket fire.
Gaza Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said all the armed factions in Gaza are on board with the truce. Speaking after another Hamas official outlined details of the truce at a news conference, Zahar said Hamas will not put down its weapons, because he did not believe Israel would implement the cease-fire. "We don't trust them, but let's see," he said.
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See all 52 Comments- peaceful neighborhoods! Isn''t it a balanced strenght? 400/7 in favor of Israel. Nice match! Buncha iddiots!
The one that drew so much criticism from all those who said we should never negotiate with this terrorist organization?
at the first new opportunity, israel will say it''s over, start it all over again.....
So, trishab4, the U.S. should have ceased hostilities in WWII after the number of Japanese killed matched the number of Americans who died at Pearl Harbor?
You also don''t mention that more rockets are fired at Israel each month than all of the rockets that were aimed at London by the Nazis during the entire 6 years of World War II.
As the article says, Hamas have proposed a cease-fire so they can re-arm. They''re not interested in peace, only in the genocidal erasure of Israel from the map.
Under the Islamic doctrine of Al-Taqqiyeh, lying to non-Moslem infidels isn''t just permitted, it''s ENCOURAGED. Lying to an infidel isn''t a sin, it''s a VIRTUE.
Hamas should change its name to the Al-Taqqiyeh Army.
HELL HIS KENYAN FAMILY AND TRIBE ARE FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,
Obama Sides With Radical Islamists
The magnitude of difference between the two candidates running in our presidential election could not be more stark! After reading the statements of both Obama and McCain regarding the horrible Supreme Court 5-4 decision to allow Gitmo detainees the right to be tried in civilian courts, we can clearly see what a flawed, unfortunate, and terrible direction Obama would take this country if [God forbid!!]elected in November.
Obama''s statement:
Barack Obama statement on the Supreme Court''s 5-4 decision today extending civilian legal protections to terrorist suspects held in Guantanamo Bay:
Um...er...earth to Obama? Foreign terrorists caught in battle against our forces during war have never been eligible for "habeas corpus"! They are not covered by the Constitution of the United States of America. So...what "rule of law" are you referring to?
http://talkwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-sides-with-radical-islamists.html
THE ONLY REASON IT IS IN THE NEWS IS BECAUSE THE AMERICAN ISRAELIS OWN A BIG PART OF THE AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA!
IF AMERICA STOPPED GIVING ISRAEL 30 BILLION A YEAR IN WEAPONS AS WELL AS THE OTHER MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES THESE PROBLEMS WOULD NEVER RISE AGAIN!
CUT OFF ALL AID TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND PULL AMERICAN TROOPS OUT...THEN THESE PEOPLE WILL PLAY NICE!
START WAR CRIMES TRIALS FOR THE IRAQ WAR AND GET SOME CREDIBILITY IN THE WORLD!
AMERICA STAND UP OR SHUT UP!
HELL HIS KENYAN FAMILY AND TRIBE ARE FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,
Obama''s Cousin Charged With Ethnic Cleansing
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/01/great-obamas-cousin-charged-with-ethnic.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7192958.stm
Obama''s relative linked to Ethnic Cleansing in Kenya
http://libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com/2008/02/obamas-relative-linked-to-ethnic.html
Signs in Kenya That Killings Were Planned
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957451/posts
Ten Obvious Reasons Why Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/Top-10-Reasons.htm
Kenya Muslim Violence Pictorial *Warning Graphic*
Africa, Kenya, Muslims%u2026nothing more needs to be said%u2026
http://patdollard.com/2008/01/kenya-muslim-violence-pictorial-warning-graphic/
The Kenyan jihad
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/433766/the-kenyan-jihad.thtml
nothing new,,, more radical muslims ethnically cleansing non-muslims
19 Burned to Death in Violence in Kenya
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960644/posts
HELL HIS KENYAN FAMILY AND TRIBE ARE FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST JIHADISTS,,,
will hussein stop his radical muslim luo tribe relatives from slaughtering non-muslims???
apparently not,,,
U.S. Troops to African "hotspot"?
Obama Jr. Says ''Not Yet''
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan08/obama_
lou%20tribe.htm
Just one day before the Jan. 3, 2008 Iowa caucus, Sen. Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (D-Ill.), who is aiming to be America''s first African-American president, found himself taping a message from Iowa to Kenya for broadcast on the Voice of America.
Kenya, the homeland Obama Jr''s family''s Luo tribe, burst into post-election violence after Raila Odinga, a fiery Luo tribe opposition leader and Kenya presidential candidate, alleged the Dec. 27 voting that re-elected President Mwai Kibaki of the Kikuyu tribe was rigged
More than 360 people were killed and over 250,000 displaced provoking a humanitarian crisis in a country previously considered a stable pillar in east Africa.
Posted by earth56
wrong dude - in israel it''s the "police" killing the unarmed civilians indiscriminately...
check out the killed & injured list on the iraeli human rights org. before you take imaginary kool-aid position you''ve been consuming.....
Posted by juwboy
dear jewboy - what a great paralell - Nazis! Holocaust! the tiny-winny little harmless israel fighting against innumberable enemies.....
you know how many israelis have been killed in the last 4 years by "ROCKETS" ! 12
And how many palestinians? over 1''000, mostly civilians, women and children.
the bs story of israel "defending" itself is over.
everyone knows they''ve stolen the land taken illegally in 1967 and installed an apartheid system to try and keep it. israel likes to take but less to give - it''s a national characteristic.
wrong dude - it''s the fascist nazi terrorislamic jihadists killing the unarmed civilians indiscriminately...
LOOK WHO IS TARGETING CIVILIANS!!!
Hizbullah Deputy Sec-Gen Sheikh Naim Qassem: We Have Jurisprudent Permission to Carry Out ''Martyrdom'' Operations, Fire Missiles on Israeli Civilians From Ayatollah Khomeini
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD154907
Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp
But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.
"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.
Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.
The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108
It serves the Islamic dictatorships far better to $hit on the Palestinians as it serves as a distraction to keep their own oppressed populations from turning on them for their incompetence. It''s an old, old tactic.
As for those who claim Israel is an illegal state, we can only assume they favor returning California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to Mexican ownership.
After all, the USA seized that land in a war and has occupied it ever since.
Or do the Israel bashers just have a real selective sense of outrage? Ya think?
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that would be swell......
Unless of course it''s only bad if a Democrat does it?
Posted by gkc99 at 08:14 AM : Jun 18, 2008
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gkc99;
If the Mexicans had NOT surrendered those states to the U S in an agreement to end the Mexican war, and were still fighting and dying, trying to regain their territory, then you could rightly compare the two situations.
However, Israel was fighting a war against several countries in the ME in 1967, not just the Palestinians.
The war ended when all of the ME countries withdrew EXCEPT the Palestinians.
Israel retained land they took forcefully from the Palestinians, and the Palestinians have never stopped fighting to get it back.
Regardless of who is right or wrong in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, I see no comparison between their situation and the Mexican war.
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that would be swell......
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Posted by midland666 at 08:18 AM : Jun 18, 2008
-I second! LOL! it would be like travelling abroad when heading to California! LOL!
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that would be swell......
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Posted by midland666 at 08:18 AM : Jun 18, 2008
-I second! LOL! it would be like travelling abroad when heading to California! LOL!
Posted by trishab4 at 08:53 AM : Jun 18, 2008
Most red staters think we ARE another country out here. I sure wish we were sometimes.
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Posted by juwboy at 05:00 AM : Jun 18, 2008
-What are you talking about? You idiot are positively comparing WW2 and Israel-Palestinians conflict? What an idiot! Many Regular Professional ARMIES involved in that war, not bandits firing crakers the other side of the fence...
-I''m amazed by how darkblind you can be... and you don''t agree the response is disproportionate?
I hope it lasts.
Posted by trishab4 at 08:53 AM : Jun 18, 2008
Most red staters think we ARE another country out here. I sure wish we were sometimes.
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Posted by SgtRDS-E4 at 08:55 AM : Jun 18, 2008
-At times I think it''d be a good thing to erase those virtual lines that separate Nations and people, only allowing select/elite governing minorities to exploit their fellow subjects. I''m eager to see an effective central world government and freedom of movement from one location to another without resrtiction. Wealth and resources accessed by nationals regardless of race, gender, ethnic origin, or religion.
that would be wonderful.........
wont give him permission to.
So, trishab4, the U.S. should have ceased hostilities in WWII after the number of Japanese killed matched the number of Americans who died at Pearl Harbor?
You also don''''t mention that more rockets are fired at Israel each month than all of the rockets that were aimed at London by the Nazis during the entire 6 years of World War II.
As the article says, Hamas have proposed a cease-fire so they can re-arm. They''''re not interested in peace, only in the genocidal erasure of Israel from the map.
Under the Islamic doctrine of Al-Taqqiyeh, lying to non-Moslem infidels isn''''t just permitted, it''''s ENCOURAGED. Lying to an infidel isn''''t a sin, it''''s a VIRTUE.
Hamas should change its name to the Al-Taqqiyeh Army.
Posted by juwboy at 05:00 AM : Jun 18, 2008
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juwboy;
Are you saying (by that same reasoning) that we should have withdrawn from Iraq almost immediately after invading?
Or that there were 3000 already killed in Afghanistan and we should not have invaded Iraq in the first place?
What has happened in the last several months has disproved the notion that Israel is in danger from its Arab neighbors without the US acting like a big brother. Peace efforts are breaking out all over. None of them involve the US as a negiotiator or third party
If the US pulled out of the middle east completely and left it to manage its own affairs, it would be the best thing to happen to it and us. They would make progress on the diplomatic solving of problems and the US would save billions of dollars.
Posted by pollroller1 at 09:44 AM : Jun 18, 2008
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pollroller1;
If the Native Americans had defeated us, would you still be fighting them after 150 years, or would you now be sleeping in teepees?
The entire point is NOT that Israel is refusing to return the territory they took by force, but rather should Palestinians be condemned/blame and labeled as terrorists because they are continuing to fight/resist.
If the US pulled out of the middle east completely and left it to manage its own affairs, it would be the best thing to happen to it and us. They would make progress on the diplomatic solving of problems and the US would save billions of dollars.
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Posted by clestes at 09:58 AM : Jun 18, 2008
-Absolutely! But you know I''m happy htis crappy AIPAC is going bust!
then afterwards they will continue their apparteid..
Maybe, but maybe not. The fundamentals of the game have changed significantly. The US is no longer acting like a big brother in the sandbox of the middle east. Israel is facing the fact that they are going to have to solve problems without relying on the US. The result might be completely different because of this wonderful fact.
I never thought I would approve the shrub administrations middle east policies, but ya'' know, now that shrub has so depleted our military, bankrupt the economy, trashed our reputation, GOOD things have happened. All other countries are ignoring the US and doing what they need to protect themselves and move forward.
The US has been nothing but a huge stumbling block to progress for 50 years and thanks to shrub it is no more.
Good job shrub! Your name WILL be link to peace in the middle east, only not as a player or negiotiator. It will be as a sidelined former player who is now a witness!
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Brings back memories of the Iran-Iraq war when Reagan was providing arms to both sides so they could kill each other.
History repeats itself but we never learn from it.
And then there''s still Iran-supported Hezbollah...
I wish them luck and hope it works, but if history is an indicator then they will be fighting again soon.
On May 15, 1948, the American President advocated the creation of the State of Israel in the heart of the Muslim Middle-East. 2 years later, 4.5 millions Palestinians were forced out of their homes and lands without compensation.
I am not going to say that this is Terrorism but I will say America is bleeding Treasury and blood because of one religious decision 60 years ago. This bleeding keeps exploding with our continue UnConditional Support to Israel. I cannot believe America cares much more about Israel than of ourselves.
2 weeks after 9/11, Osama Bin Ladin released his 1st video. In the video, he clearly listed the top 3 reasons for bombing the twin towers. The 1st reason was the US military base 60 miles from their Muslim''s holy Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The 2nd reason was the Palestine crisis. Now, Bush wants a State of Palestine. Osama is really winning BIG here.
On Osama Bin Ladin 2nd released video, Osama states that they will destroy America Economically and not Militarily. So far, Osama is really winning Big here.
According to our US State Department, Anti-Semitics is exploding around the world:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1334791720080314?feedType=RSSfeedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Personally, I blame only the Zionists inside Israel and America.
Posted by woozybarnes
That is 100% correct. Same sh*t different day.
I can tell you why they won''t. Israel has long been concerned with the state of their economy. They rely on U.S. aid, shady banks and investment firms to keep their economy going. They have been trying for years to have pipelines built to their ports to act as an oil middleman (which they have no right to be) to become more independant of U.S. financial aid.
If Gaza becaomes independant all the wealthy middle eastern countries will pour investment money into Gaza. In addition the arab coutries will build pipelines to Gaza''s ports, therefore eliminating the chance of Israel getting any of that action.
Lets face it, Israel is in a part of the world where they have very little natural resources, and are not liked by their neighbors, therefore limiting the potential clients for their service industry (why do you think alot of the private firms in Iraq are Israeli instead of American).
I am not necessarly sympathetic to the Arabs, but Israel, helped by us in the U.S. is playing dirty pool to gain military and economic dominance using other peoples resources.
And I got some interesting responses. I was just trying to make a point. You see our forefathers took this country from them. They killed hundreds of thousands of Native Americans,and then they killed all of the Buffalo so that they would starve. They also made them move to reservations where they couldn''t follow the way of life that they had lived for thousands of years. Bad, good, or indifferent that is part of the history of this country. Just one old man''s humble opinion.
id love to see you set fire to Adobe!!!!
pendejo i can see you dont know..
google it or do research.....
doesnt surpise you think like this, after all youre probably sitting in a home whose land belonged to someone else...
typical.....
why did yuz guyz kill jayzus???
your home is Shandhoiz
LOL.......
remember to duck...
we want to entertain your nonesence...
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