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Cease Fire With Hamas
By Micah Halpern

Saturday January 10, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

The cease fire between Hamas and Israel is being hammered out on two fronts.
One front is the UN.
The other front is the Egyptian/French initiative.
Both are problematic.

About the UN:
On Thursday night the UN Security Council voted 14 - 0 for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, the United States abstained.
In reality this is just a declaration for the sake of a declaration.
The word Hamas is never mentioned, there is no operational language and no effective language. It is simply a tool to placate Arab and Muslim countries that were pushing hard.
If the Security Council really wants quiet in Gaza they will see to it that a real ceasefire resolution is forthcoming with in the next few days.

About the Egyptian/French Initiative:
The Egyptian- French proposal is heavily weighed to help Egypt and not to stop the fighting.
Egypt has an agenda, they want calm in their streets especially from the Egyptian Brotherhood. They would like to strike a blow to Hamas. They would like to build up their own military on the Gaza border and they do not want to have any responsibility for or in Gaza now or in the future. That is why they want international observers, the PA and Hamas to control the Gaza side of the border.

The reality is that Israel must not stop now.
Israel must keep their soldiers moving in and out. The longer Israeli soldiers stay in one place the more likely they are to take casualties.
The reality is that Hamas is on the run.

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4 June 2017 12:13 PM in Thoughts


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