{UAH} Israel rejects US ceasefire proposal - no surprise, but big mistake again
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Folks;
I did not expect Netanyahu to go along with this small concession fielded by the US.
The US proposal was modest: pause the war as we negotiate to stop the fighting altogether. Instead, Bibi says he wants his troops on the ground, to blow up tunnels that Hams fighters use to enter Israel.
Sounds sensible, but since they already know the tunnels, why can't they wait for Hamas to pop up at their end of the tunnel?
Anyway, if you have followed Middle East politics for as long as I have - I used to earn a good living doing this sort things - today's development brings back the memories of the 1992 stand-off between the US and Israel, again over Gaza and West Bank.
Then US Secretary of State, James Baker was so pissed off at Israel PM, Yizhak Shamir that he publicly announced State Department's main switchboard number and told Shamir to call when he's ready to talk peace.
Whenever there's a Likud PM, it's a given Israel will invade Palestine land: Shamir did it in 1992, Netanyahu in 1997 and 2014, Ariel Sharon did...they all have done it.
Pojim
Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel on Friday rejected a Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by US Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli public television said.
"The security cabinet has unanimously rejected the ceasefire proposal of Kerry, as it stands," Channel 1 said, adding ministers would keep discussing it.
Kerry met UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Egypt's foreign minister on Friday as pressure mounted for a ceasefire to end an 18-day conflict that has killed more than 800 Palestinians and 37 people on the Israeli side, 34 of them soldiers.
Israeli media reported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government demanded the army be allowed to continue destroying tunnels used by the Palestinian group Hamas to carry out attacks inside Israel.
Kerry's proposal reportedly involved an initial truce to be followed by negotiations on a final deal by delegations from all the parties.
Hamas, the main power in Gaza, previously rejected an initial ceasefire proposal, demanding a full settlement before it stopped shooting, but international mediation efforts have gathered pace in the past few days.
Kerry, who spent another night in Cairo reaching out by telephone to regional officials, met Ban and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri for around half an hour.
He later went into a one-on-one meeting with Ban, who has also been shuttling around the region.
Kerry had said he would speak to reporters late on Friday.
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I did not expect Netanyahu to go along with this small concession fielded by the US.
The US proposal was modest: pause the war as we negotiate to stop the fighting altogether. Instead, Bibi says he wants his troops on the ground, to blow up tunnels that Hams fighters use to enter Israel.
Sounds sensible, but since they already know the tunnels, why can't they wait for Hamas to pop up at their end of the tunnel?
Anyway, if you have followed Middle East politics for as long as I have - I used to earn a good living doing this sort things - today's development brings back the memories of the 1992 stand-off between the US and Israel, again over Gaza and West Bank.
Then US Secretary of State, James Baker was so pissed off at Israel PM, Yizhak Shamir that he publicly announced State Department's main switchboard number and told Shamir to call when he's ready to talk peace.
Whenever there's a Likud PM, it's a given Israel will invade Palestine land: Shamir did it in 1992, Netanyahu in 1997 and 2014, Ariel Sharon did...they all have done it.
Pojim
Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel on Friday rejected a Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by US Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli public television said.
"The security cabinet has unanimously rejected the ceasefire proposal of Kerry, as it stands," Channel 1 said, adding ministers would keep discussing it.
Kerry met UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Egypt's foreign minister on Friday as pressure mounted for a ceasefire to end an 18-day conflict that has killed more than 800 Palestinians and 37 people on the Israeli side, 34 of them soldiers.
Israeli media reported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government demanded the army be allowed to continue destroying tunnels used by the Palestinian group Hamas to carry out attacks inside Israel.
Kerry's proposal reportedly involved an initial truce to be followed by negotiations on a final deal by delegations from all the parties.
Hamas, the main power in Gaza, previously rejected an initial ceasefire proposal, demanding a full settlement before it stopped shooting, but international mediation efforts have gathered pace in the past few days.
Kerry, who spent another night in Cairo reaching out by telephone to regional officials, met Ban and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri for around half an hour.
He later went into a one-on-one meeting with Ban, who has also been shuttling around the region.
Kerry had said he would speak to reporters late on Friday.
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