May 12, 2008
ROCKETS FOR SANCTIONS:
Israel Considers Truce Offer From Hamas: A Middle East ceasefire could be in the offing during a week of high diplomacy. But Israel has mixed feelings, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. (Robert Berger, 11 May 2008, VOA News)
Israel is considering a truce offer from the Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.Posted by Orrin Judd at May 12, 2008 7:31 AMThe proposal will be presented by Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, who is due to visit Israel on Monday. It calls for an end to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli border communities, while Israel would halt all military action in Gaza and lift its crippling blockade of the territory.
Would this truce involve no actual rocket attacks, or just statements about stopping rocket attacks, like all of the previous truces?
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at May 12, 2008 10:23 AMAccording to Mossad, Hamas had stopped it's rocket attacks until it made no sense for them to unilaterally disarm in the face of Israeli attack. They'll stop again if Israel and America lift sanctions and recognize that Palestine is a Hamas led nation. Until then it was a mistake to stop in the first place.
Posted by: oj at May 12, 2008 2:34 PM