Israeli - Hamas War

[Natalka]

sheesh, you asked for "a", I answered, lol!
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Israel said Tuesday it was prepared to ease its economic blockade on the Gaza Strip as part of a long-term cease-fire with Hamas, but both sides said there had been scant progress toward reaching a deal in Egyptian-mediated talks on ending the Gaza war.

Israeli media reports on Tuesday said the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already offered concessions in the Cairo talks.


The reports, citing an unnamed senior Israeli official, said that in exchange for security guarantees, Israeli negotiators had agreed to expand the Palestinian fishing zone off Gaza's Mediterranean shore, allow more Gazans to travel to Israel and the West Bank and increase the number of cargo trucks that are allowed to enter Gaza. Israel also would permit cash to be brought into Gaza to pay the salaries of government workers. Palestinian negotiators weren't immediately available to confirm this account.


Israel negotiators have refused to discuss Hamas's demands for a seaport or airport in Gaza, said the reports, quoting unnamed senior Israeli officials.


Israel wants the demilitarization of Gaza and a tighter monitoring of imports into the coastal strip to prevent goods from being used to construct tunnels and other military infrastructure by Hamas.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/israe...ant-1407844463

[Patty Smyth]

So can you use french coupons?

[Patty Smyth]

sheesh, you asked for "a", I answered, lol!
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Israel said Tuesday it was prepared to ease its economic blockade on the Gaza Strip as part of a long-term cease-fire with Hamas, but both sides said there had been scant progress toward reaching a deal in Egyptian-mediated talks on ending the Gaza war.

Israeli media reports on Tuesday said the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already offered concessions in the Cairo talks.


The reports, citing an unnamed senior Israeli official, said that in exchange for security guarantees, Israeli negotiators had agreed to expand the Palestinian fishing zone off Gaza's Mediterranean shore, allow more Gazans to travel to Israel and the West Bank and increase the number of cargo trucks that are allowed to enter Gaza. Israel also would permit cash to be brought into Gaza to pay the salaries of government workers. Palestinian negotiators weren't immediately available to confirm this account.


Israel negotiators have refused to discuss Hamas's demands for a seaport or airport in Gaza, said the reports, quoting unnamed senior Israeli officials.


Israel wants the demilitarization of Gaza and a tighter monitoring of imports into the coastal strip to prevent goods from being used to construct tunnels and other military infrastructure by Hamas.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/israe...ant-1407844463

I think they can negotiate until the cows come home but I don't believe that at the present time with these "leaders" in power there will be a solution. Obviously Hamas has no intention of living in peace and Netanyahu will not give up on settlements. When is the next election?

[Lynn49]

Everyone has dug in. Without divine intervention, I have very little hope of a solution. Too many testosterone laced old geezers in power positions using people as pawns in their game of "what's mine Is mine, what's yours is mine". Just makes me sick.

[Andit]

Scary (interesting?) perspectives from journalists in Gaza.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDF8UM1ofY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_fP6mlNSK8

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/v...media-in-gaza/

[Patty Smyth]

This is a very long essay but worth reading the different perspectives if you get a chance.

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/making-sense-of-gaza

[gryphon]

https://twitter.com/Mudar_Zahran


For a Jordanian Palestinian activists perspective

[Darth Penguin]

"Righteous Amongst Natons" medal holder returns medal over famly deaths in Gaza

A Dutchman honoured by Israel for hiding a Jewish child during World War Two has handed back his medal after six of his relatives were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza.
Henk Zanoli, 91, wrote to the Israeli embassy in The Hague to say he could no longer hold the honour.
He said an Israeli F-16 had destroyed his great-niece's home in Gaza, killing all inside, in the recent offensive.
The Israeli embassy has declined to comment on Mr Zanoli's action.



Mr Zanoli and his mother were awarded the "Righteous Among the Nations" honour by Israel in 2011 for helping to shelter a Jewish child from the Nazis in their family home from 1943-45.
The award is accorded to non-Jews who risked their lives to protect and save Jews during the Holocaust.
However, Mr Zanoli said in a letter published by Israel's Haaretz newspaper that "to hold on to the honour granted to me by the State of Israel under these circumstances, would be an insult... to those in my family, four generations on, who lost no less than six of their relatives in Gaza."

[Patty Smyth]

"Righteous Amongst Natons" medal holder returns medal over famly deaths in Gaza

Oh my that is awful

[gryphon]

Hamas broke the ceasefire and resumed attacking Israel. they have fired on Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

[gryphon]

This is the 11th time Hamas has broken a ceasefire in this conflict

[gryphon]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/top-ham...medium=twitter

Top Hamas sheikh admits to June kidnapping of Israeli teens

[Patty Smyth]

Some of the damage in Gaza, I guess all those houses had terrorists living in them

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29074260

[Lynn49]

U.S. policy is to unequivocally defend Israel whether they understand or agree with what's going on or not. They may as well have a tape recording of "Israel has the right to defend itself" and just press play. Harper too.

US........Isreal. Just sickens me. There's nothing rational about their
support of Isreal...same ol' same ol' regurgitated crap.

[Patty Smyth]

US........Isreal. Just sickens me. There's nothing rational about their
support of Isreal...same ol' same ol' regurgitated crap.

Not that I support groups like Hamas because I actually think all those Islamist groups should just be nuked because WW3 is coming because of them but US support of Israel comes down to 2 things money and guilt.