Posted on 06/28/2019 3:08:02 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Israel confirmed Friday morning that it had reached an agreement for a truce with the Hamas terror organization, hours after Arab media outlets reported on the deal.
A senior Israeli official confirmed to Army Radio – Galey Tzahal that the Israeli government had indeed signed on to the deal, which would soften economic sanctions on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in exchange for an end to incendiary bomb attacks on Israeli border towns and farm land.
As part of the agreement, Israel will expand the fishing area open to Gazan boats to 15 miles from the shore. Dozens of boats confiscated for straying from the approved fishing area will be returned as part of the deal.
In addition, Israel will resume the transfer of fuel to Gaza through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, which was closed on Tuesday in response to the ongoing balloon terrorism.
The deal, which was brokered by the Egyptian government and the United Nations, aims to end the regular attacks on Israeli border towns and farm land by Hamas terror cells, which have used balloons and kites to fly incendiary bombs over the frontier into Israeli territory.
A senior Israeli official said that the agreement would end Hamas attacks – or would be scuttled.
“In response to the request of Egypt and the UN, Israel will permit the return of the expanding fishing area and the transfer of fuel – in exchange for Hamas agreeing that the violence against Israel will stop. If Hamas won’t stand by its obligations, Israel will restore the sanctions.”
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The problem with trying to support the Jewish people’s right to their Promised homeland is the Israeli government’s consistent practice of giving it away to their sworn enemies. Suicidal people are difficult to help, alas. I give the Jewish people maybe three years or so. ( and yes this includes USA, where many Jews won’t defend themselves either)
I give your bet 1,000-to-1 odds. Am Yisrael Chai.
the violence will stop when Israel eliminates the source of the violence
not before
True. But we’ve had a few thousand years of violence, much of it dwarfing anything Hamas ever did or ever could do. We don’t sweat it. Love to just send them packing, but in the interim, we’re not going anywhere, in three years or three years after that.
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