Posted on 07/14/2014 12:12:57 PM PDT by Star Traveler
The Palestinian Authority is trying to promote the idea of convening an international peace summit between the Israelis and the Palestinians that would take place in conjunction with a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
The PA is requesting that a ceasefire agreement provide not only for the cessation of hostilities, but also include a number of measures that would restart the stalled peace process, senior Palestinian officials told The Times of Israel on Monday.
Aside from convening an international summit that would include representatives from the PA, Israel, Arab states and other actors, the Palestinian proposal includes a number of other provisions: transferring authority over the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt to the PA (specifically President Mahmoud Abbas’s presidential guard); deploying PA forces along the Philadelphi Route on the border between the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula (from which Israel withdrew in September 2005, and which has since been under the control of the Egyptian army); releasing those Hamas members (approximately 50) who were re-arrested by Israeli security forces in recent weeks after being released in the 2011 prisoner exchange deal to free kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit; and increasing Palestinian control of the Erez Crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip.
The PA is concerned that a ceasefire deal that does not stipulate the renewal of the peace process will harm the chances of resuming negotiations in the future, which explains the numerous messages relayed between Ramallah and those states involved in negotiating a ceasefire, including the US, Egypt and Qatar.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
My response to these animals would be: “You fired rockets on us for X days. We will cease fire after X * 2 days. If you don’t like it, then don’t fire rockets at us.”
Ya know ... anyone can “propose” anything that one wants. That’s never the problem. The “problem” is always getting both sides to agree to the same exact proposal.
SO ... I would imagine that Israel could propose that, but at the same time, I can also imagine that Hamas will fire off the rest of the 3,000 rockets they have for the next three or four weeks ... :-) ...
On May 7th, 1945, a delegation from the German government, then lead by Grossadmiral Doenitz, showed up at SHAPE Headquarters to "negotiate" peace terms. This lead to the incongrous sight of an American MP snapping a salute to a German General. Eisenhower's chief of staff initially ignored them. When they wouldn't go away they were told to go back to Doenitz and tell him the only terms available were unconditional surrender. The capitulation agreed to had to be re-signed the next day in Berlin, because the Soviets were only represented by a colonel, Stalin made all the parties go through it all again, this time General Zhukov signed for the Soviet Union. Eisenhower was indifferent about the stars on the uniform of the American representative.
‘Sounds like the PA needs time to reload.
The PA isn’t Hamas, and the PA has it’s own agenda, which is different from Hamas. The PA is trying to “leverage” the events with Hamas and Israel for its own benefit, which is more political and in the world scene, while Hamas is more “guns and ammo” with its operations.
Israel isn’t surrounding the PA and shooting Israeli missiles at it. But Israel is doing it at Hamas in Gaza!
You might want to look at this ...
Egyptian ceasefire proposal leaves Hamas cornered
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3180308/posts
The only thing the PA is “reloading” is its “political portfolio”!
Good info but that was not the land I was talking about.
The only land I know about that Israel is dealing with, in common with the Palestinians is in the area of Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
What land were you talking about?
The Six Day War in 1967
That’s Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
You are much more the expert that I am. That’s obvious. Feel free to correct me on the subject at any time. FReepRegards.
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