Terms of Truce Thus Far?
Palestinians returning with sheep from Egypt to Gaza after crossing earlier through a breach in the border wall.Hamas publicly sets terms for truce with Israel
12 March 2008
By Avi Issacharoff
Hamas publicly set its terms on Wednesday for a ceasefire with Israel, calling for an end to Israel Defense Forces raids in Palestinian territory and a reopening of Gaza border crossings.
Egypt has been trying to broker a truce that would also end Gaza rocket attacks against Israel by militants from Hamas and another Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad.
"There must be a commitment by Israel, to end all its aggression against our people, assassinations, killings and raids, and lift the (Gaza) siege and reopen the crossings," Hamas's Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a speech.
A cease-fire deal, he said, should be "reciprocal, comprehensive and simultaneous" and apply both to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
"We will not abandon you, our people in the West Bank," Haniyeh said. "Aggression against you is aggression against us."
There was no immediate Israeli comment on Haniyeh's remarks.
Hamas-Israel deal would put Abbas' men at Gaza crossings
A deal being formulated between Israel, Egypt and Hamas involves deploying Mahmoud Abbas' troops at the crossings with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources told Haaretz Tuesday.
According to the sources, Israel and Hamas have agreed to the Egyptian proposal to deploy Palestinian Authority Presidential Guard members along the Karni, Sufa and Kerem Shalom crossings, where cargo is transferred between Israel and Gaza, as well as at the Erez crossing, a passageway for people and goods.
Guard members will be deployed also at the Rafah crossing, which connects Sinai, Egypt with the Strip.
Hamas forces will be positioned nearby and will essentially control the movement of Palestinian civilians in and out of Gaza.
This agreement is in keeping with the 2005 crossings agreement, between the U.S., Israel and the PA, which called for placing the crossings under forces loyal to Abbas.
The Palestinian sources said that Hamas leaders are due to meet with Egyptian mediators within the next two days. The Egyptians will convey Israel's views on the Egyptian proposal, and Hamas is to state whether it agrees to a temporary cease-fire.
The current round of violence ended after Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders met with Egyptian officials last week.
The PA also has agreed to the Egyptian proposal. It is expected to present any agreement as a success, because this would mean Hamas has failed to break the siege on Gaza. It has controlled the coastal strip since overthrowing Fatah there last June.
Meanwhile, Damascus-based Hamas leader Mohammed Nasser released the group's conditions for a cease-fire with Israel Tuesday. Nasser says Hamas is demanding Israel completely cease "all acts of aggression" in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
By this demand, Hamas is toughening its stance regarding the cease-fire in the works, and is posing a demand that Israel steadfastly has refused to accept so far. Israel rejects any deal that would bar it from arresting suspected militants in the West Bank.
Ayman Taha, a Hamas spokesman in the Strip, confirmed in a telephone conversation with Haaretz on Tuesday that the radical Islamic group is demanding Israel stop making arrests in the West Bank in exchange for a cease-fire deal.
Nasser also added that Hamas is ready for a temporary cease-fire with Israel, on the condition that it occurs simultaneously and applies to both sides.
Abbas said Monday during a meeting with Jordanian journalists that "a senior figure in the Israeli government is undermining the negotiations for internal reasons and because of personal hostility to me." He was in Jordan to meet with King Abdullah.
A Jordanian journalist who published the story noted that Abbas was referring to Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Abbas also said that any agreement on Palestinian refugees' right of return would be implemented over the course of at least a decade after the signing of a peace deal.
12 March 2008
By Avi Issacharoff
Hamas publicly set its terms on Wednesday for a ceasefire with Israel, calling for an end to Israel Defense Forces raids in Palestinian territory and a reopening of Gaza border crossings.
Egypt has been trying to broker a truce that would also end Gaza rocket attacks against Israel by militants from Hamas and another Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad.
"There must be a commitment by Israel, to end all its aggression against our people, assassinations, killings and raids, and lift the (Gaza) siege and reopen the crossings," Hamas's Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a speech.
A cease-fire deal, he said, should be "reciprocal, comprehensive and simultaneous" and apply both to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
"We will not abandon you, our people in the West Bank," Haniyeh said. "Aggression against you is aggression against us."
There was no immediate Israeli comment on Haniyeh's remarks.
Hamas-Israel deal would put Abbas' men at Gaza crossings
A deal being formulated between Israel, Egypt and Hamas involves deploying Mahmoud Abbas' troops at the crossings with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources told Haaretz Tuesday.
According to the sources, Israel and Hamas have agreed to the Egyptian proposal to deploy Palestinian Authority Presidential Guard members along the Karni, Sufa and Kerem Shalom crossings, where cargo is transferred between Israel and Gaza, as well as at the Erez crossing, a passageway for people and goods.
Guard members will be deployed also at the Rafah crossing, which connects Sinai, Egypt with the Strip.
Hamas forces will be positioned nearby and will essentially control the movement of Palestinian civilians in and out of Gaza.
This agreement is in keeping with the 2005 crossings agreement, between the U.S., Israel and the PA, which called for placing the crossings under forces loyal to Abbas.
The Palestinian sources said that Hamas leaders are due to meet with Egyptian mediators within the next two days. The Egyptians will convey Israel's views on the Egyptian proposal, and Hamas is to state whether it agrees to a temporary cease-fire.
The current round of violence ended after Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders met with Egyptian officials last week.
The PA also has agreed to the Egyptian proposal. It is expected to present any agreement as a success, because this would mean Hamas has failed to break the siege on Gaza. It has controlled the coastal strip since overthrowing Fatah there last June.
Meanwhile, Damascus-based Hamas leader Mohammed Nasser released the group's conditions for a cease-fire with Israel Tuesday. Nasser says Hamas is demanding Israel completely cease "all acts of aggression" in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
By this demand, Hamas is toughening its stance regarding the cease-fire in the works, and is posing a demand that Israel steadfastly has refused to accept so far. Israel rejects any deal that would bar it from arresting suspected militants in the West Bank.
Ayman Taha, a Hamas spokesman in the Strip, confirmed in a telephone conversation with Haaretz on Tuesday that the radical Islamic group is demanding Israel stop making arrests in the West Bank in exchange for a cease-fire deal.
Nasser also added that Hamas is ready for a temporary cease-fire with Israel, on the condition that it occurs simultaneously and applies to both sides.
Abbas said Monday during a meeting with Jordanian journalists that "a senior figure in the Israeli government is undermining the negotiations for internal reasons and because of personal hostility to me." He was in Jordan to meet with King Abdullah.
A Jordanian journalist who published the story noted that Abbas was referring to Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Abbas also said that any agreement on Palestinian refugees' right of return would be implemented over the course of at least a decade after the signing of a peace deal.
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Commentary
by HRM Deborah
Firstly, Mahmoud Abbas has no authority in any connection with this peace deal, he has no authority in any capacity as far as any issue’s not only pertaining to this peace deal or any facet of government; he never actually has. This goes all the way back to Yassir Arafat, because this organization was created for the sole reason towards terrorism and to overthrow the legal government of Palestine.
As for any Abbas men to be at boarder crossing’s, would be like putting a wolf in charge of a hen house, so the answer to this would be a most resounding no, because these people attempted most empathically to destroy the whole of Palestine. What Abbas and the heads of his organization need to think about and nothing else, is when are they going to surrender and face the criminal charges against them.
Something I do not understand, is without disrespect to the United States, how should they have any involvement in foreign policy of countries, especially a peace deal; as far as I have always understood they have no jurisdiction in matters such as this. It was there involvement in the beginning that created this war in the first place, I am sorry to say and has kept it going all these 108 years. It is actually time, that the United States, take a back seat and allow real peace to come between the Palestinians and Jewish people. With the complete hope that Palestine would be allowed to be a free and independent country once again, for the sake of all people living upon her soil.
As for Israel wishing to arrest militants within Palestine, only the unified military of both the Jewish people and the Palestinian Royal Guards should be allowed to arrest and convict known terrorist within Palestine’s boarders.
Finally, for Abbas making any remarks towards Jewish leaders of government, I have heard no such thing but to the contrary, so as to all his statements in the past; I have found Mahmoud Abbas to not be a believable person.
It is my great hope, that for peace to be in Palestine, that all things are equal and acceptable to both the Jewish and Palestinian people and while we do have yet a terrorist organization working within her boarders that this would be corrected to the safety and well being of all Palestine citizens.
Firstly, Mahmoud Abbas has no authority in any connection with this peace deal, he has no authority in any capacity as far as any issue’s not only pertaining to this peace deal or any facet of government; he never actually has. This goes all the way back to Yassir Arafat, because this organization was created for the sole reason towards terrorism and to overthrow the legal government of Palestine.
As for any Abbas men to be at boarder crossing’s, would be like putting a wolf in charge of a hen house, so the answer to this would be a most resounding no, because these people attempted most empathically to destroy the whole of Palestine. What Abbas and the heads of his organization need to think about and nothing else, is when are they going to surrender and face the criminal charges against them.
Something I do not understand, is without disrespect to the United States, how should they have any involvement in foreign policy of countries, especially a peace deal; as far as I have always understood they have no jurisdiction in matters such as this. It was there involvement in the beginning that created this war in the first place, I am sorry to say and has kept it going all these 108 years. It is actually time, that the United States, take a back seat and allow real peace to come between the Palestinians and Jewish people. With the complete hope that Palestine would be allowed to be a free and independent country once again, for the sake of all people living upon her soil.
As for Israel wishing to arrest militants within Palestine, only the unified military of both the Jewish people and the Palestinian Royal Guards should be allowed to arrest and convict known terrorist within Palestine’s boarders.
Finally, for Abbas making any remarks towards Jewish leaders of government, I have heard no such thing but to the contrary, so as to all his statements in the past; I have found Mahmoud Abbas to not be a believable person.
It is my great hope, that for peace to be in Palestine, that all things are equal and acceptable to both the Jewish and Palestinian people and while we do have yet a terrorist organization working within her boarders that this would be corrected to the safety and well being of all Palestine citizens.
For in times of real peace, all people have hope and aspirations of living a good life in a great country.
Labels: Abbas, Egypt, Fatah, Fatah Terrorism, Israel, Palestine, Peace, United States
posted by HRM Deborah of Israel and the Messenger of Peace at 1:41 PM
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