Ceasefire Talks to Renew in Cairo as Egypt Slams Hamas [Israel]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3183468/posts
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/07/22/ceasefire-talks-to-renew-in-cairo-as-egypt-slams-hamas/
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Monday that Israel will continue its offensive “as long as necessary” to stop rocket attacks by Hamas and terrorist infiltration from Gaza.
Meanwhile, a senior Egyptian official on Sunday accused Hamas of neglecting Palestinian citizens after officials claimed that one of the terrorist group’s leaders, Khaled Mashaal, had been invited for Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire talks in Cairo.
“This is yet another lie in a string of lies made by Hamas leaders, who continue to live comfortable lives abroad while abandoning the Palestinian citizens who are being killed by the day and paying with their lives for the political and military escapades of the organization,” the official said, according to Israel Hayom.
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Egypt really hates Hamas, which is why Egypt and Israel are cooperating ... :-) ...
US, UN pushing hard for immediate cease-fire in Gaza [Israel]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3183454/posts
http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/US-UN-pushing-hard-for-immediate-cease-fire-368386
“If Hamas really wants a cease-fire, I am sure that we can get to that, but they don’t want one,” Netanyahu tells Sky News Arabic; Arab TV reports say humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza imminent.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in an interview with Sky News Arabic, pointed out that Israel accepted an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire last week. That proposal called for an immediate end to the violence, followed 48 hours later by negotiations regarding a more lasting agreement. Part of the proposal called for Palestinian Authority security officers, rather than Hamas men, to man the border crossing with Rafah.
In addition to that proposal, Israel – Netanyahu said – also accepted shorter “humanitarian” cease-fires brokered over the last few days first by the UN, and then by the Red Cross. In each case, he said, Hamas violated the cease-fire.
“If Hamas really wants a cease-fire, I am sure that we can get to that,” he said. “But they don’t want one.”
One government official said that while Israel was ready for a cease fire, “Hamas cannot come out of a ceasefire looking like a victor. Israel would be skeptical of any proposal that could be seen as a victory for Hamas.”
Ban Ki-moon is quite an improvement from UN Secretary Generals in the past. It might have something to do with growing up in South Korea when the history of what the Norkies did was still fresh.
Boutros Boutros Golly!
I haven’t been following this. Who started the shelling?
I agree, but, it's not yet reached the "stern letter" phase.