Egypt, Israel, Hamas close to reaching a cease-fire deal
A decision on whether to launch a ground invasion of Gaza has been put off by at least a day, after Israel decided Monday to give the Egyptians more time to try to broker a cease-fire with Hamas, a senior Israeli official said.
Tuesday’s talks in Cairo are expected to be decisive. The Israeli delegates to the talks, which are being led by Egyptian intelligence chief Gen. Raafat Shehata, plan to return there on Tuesday to present Israel’s response to demands being made by Hamas. …
Overnight Sunday, Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman conducted a lengthy meeting centered around an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire. The three met with the Israeli envoy who had returned from Cairo after several hours of discussions with senior Egyptian intelligence officials, according to the senior Israeli official. …
Both Netanyahu and Barak are said to be reluctant to launch a ground operation, believing it should be ordered only if Hamas rebuffs all of Egypt’s mediation efforts. The two fear the diplomatic fallout that a ground operation would have on Israel’s relationships with Egypt and Jordan, as well as the blow such an operation would deliver to Israel’s image in the west.
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Two islamists and Israel negotiating is like two wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.
NO negotiations. NO peace until the pali terrorists can no longer offer any resistance.
wildcat72 on November 19, 2012 at 11:03 PM
Yeah..right.
Mimzey on November 19, 2012 at 11:04 PM
Why do I think this is incredibly more important for Egypt and Hamas than it is for Israel? Personally, I would like to see Israel wipe Hamas off the map once and for all. At least Hamas wouldn’t be launching any more missiles into Israel.
RoadRunner on November 19, 2012 at 11:09 PM
lol i saw “barack” XD
Sachiko on November 19, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Same ol’, same ol’.
Israel, stop kicking our asses. Let’s have a cease fire to give us a chance to reload, we’re expecting another shipment of rockets from Iran soon.
Left Coast Right Mind on November 19, 2012 at 11:22 PM
They read the polls and know there isn’t support for a ground campaign in Gaza.
lexhamfox on November 19, 2012 at 11:44 PM
Not supporting a ground campaign for a different reason
Shy Guy on November 20, 2012 at 3:36 AM
Exactly, especially in Bawreck’s case. It’s one thing to engage in a few penny-ante wars. A full-out campaign against Gaza would be Blowback City.
MelonCollie on November 20, 2012 at 9:01 AM
The best cease fire would be when every last terrorist is moldering in the ground.
honsy on November 20, 2012 at 9:16 AM