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Egypt calls for open-ended Gaza cease-fire
Associated Press ^ | Aug 23, 2014 10:47 AM EDT | Sarah El Deeb and Mohammed Daraghmeh

Posted on 08/23/2014 10:06:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Egypt on Saturday called for an open-ended cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, urging Israel and Hamas to return to indirect talks after seven weeks of fighting punctuated by a number of failed truce attempts.

The call from the foreign ministry came shortly after Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo. Egyptian officials did not say how they expected renewed talks to produce a different outcome after repeated failures. …

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TOPICS: Egypt; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alquds; ceasefire; egypt; fatah; gaza; hamas; iran; israel; jordan; lebanon; mb; muslimbrotherhood; rop; sinai; syria
Funny how “anti-Muslim Brotherhood” president el-Sisi is not so anti-MB by parroting the UN and calling for more ceasefires that it is obvious that Hamas will repeatedly breach.
1 posted on 08/23/2014 10:06:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Israel should only “agree to” a cease fire when the last hamasian has their last breath.


2 posted on 08/23/2014 10:09:35 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

> Egypt on Saturday called for an open-ended cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, urging Israel and Hamas to return to indirect talks... came shortly after Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo.

There’s no need for that — Egypt needs to call on HAMAS to do that, since Israel is merely defending itself from HAMAS’ constant genocidal attacks.


3 posted on 08/23/2014 10:12:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: hal ogen

when the last Hamass bites the dust ....or the Israelis run out of ammunition


4 posted on 08/23/2014 10:13:53 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: Olog-hai

How about an unceasing open-fire.


5 posted on 08/23/2014 10:15:47 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Olog-hai

Cease Fire = Re-Arming time for Hamas.


6 posted on 08/23/2014 10:16:20 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: MeshugeMikey

God willing...they will never run out of ammunition.


7 posted on 08/23/2014 10:23:13 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

God willing...they will never run out of ammunition.


8 posted on 08/23/2014 10:23:52 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

God willing...they will never run out of ammunition.


9 posted on 08/23/2014 10:24:10 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

SILVER BULLETS....would be preferable


10 posted on 08/23/2014 10:27:48 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: hal ogen

Then there will be the Fatah-ites to take care of.


11 posted on 08/23/2014 10:44:30 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: MeshugeMikey

The Palestinians are lycanthropes?


12 posted on 08/23/2014 10:45:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

lycanthropes...strictly donkeys and goats


13 posted on 08/23/2014 10:51:37 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: Olog-hai

Here’s what an agreement should look like:

Hamas agrees to stop shooting missiles into Israel, and agrees to destroy all its tunnels into Israel. Israel agrees to stop attacking Hamas in Gaza. Any violation of that agreement by Hamas, and Israel turns Gaza into a smoking ruin.

Any questions?


14 posted on 08/23/2014 10:54:43 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Daveinyork

The journ0lists can be abused by Hamas at will, and they will still parrot Hamas’ propaganda, you know, “because Israel”.


15 posted on 08/23/2014 11:09:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

...and possibly even the gazanians!


16 posted on 08/23/2014 11:20:29 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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17 posted on 08/23/2014 11:52:33 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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