Israel's
Security Cabinet will vote Saturday night on an Egyptian proposal for a truce
to end the 3-week-old offensive against Gaza's
Hamas rulers, a senior government official said.
The official said a vote to approve the truce would amount to a
"unilateral" cease-fire, though Israeli forces would only leave Gaza
after an official declaration that the fighting was over
The truce would begin a phased process in which Israel
stops the assault and gauges the reaction from Hamas militants. Israel
would resume the offensive if the militants continue to fire rockets, the
government official said....
The Israeli vote was set hours after the U.S.
agreed to provide assurances on ending weapons smuggling into Gaza
as part of a cease-fire...
In Washington,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Livni signed an agreement Friday
intended to assure Israel
that Hamas militants will not be able to rearm if it agrees to a cease-fire in Gaza.
Exactly how will we accomplish this?Go to war with Hamas?
Disarm the victim. Make sure he can't fight back, I guess.
So it is OK for Hamas to lob rockets into Isreal? Is that what you intended to say?
Is it okay for Israel to engage in apartheid? Is that what you are trying to say?
Both side of this conflict are demonstrably guilty of crimes against humanity. This presumption of guilt must be discussed. The more the US arms and enables the militant wing of the Israeli government, the more we the people finger milifant Islam as the sole purveryor of terror, the more that our violence is justified through childish rationale... The more innocent lives are lost on our watch.
Make no mistake: this is blood on our hands. Churlish posts like yours only continue to aid and abet oppression and death.
How strange that there exists such strong feelings about the Iraqi occupation, but not the practice of armed apartheid by our ally. The cognitive dissonance makes me sick.
Disarm the victim. Make sure he can't fight back, I guess.
January 16, 2009 7:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
So it is OK for Hamas to lob rockets into Isreal? Is that what you intended to say?
January 17, 2009 1:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
Is it okay for Israel to engage in apartheid? Is that what you are trying to say?
Both side of this conflict are demonstrably guilty of crimes against humanity. This presumption of guilt must be discussed. The more the US arms and enables the militant wing of the Israeli government, the more we the people finger milifant Islam as the sole purveryor of terror, the more that our violence is justified through childish rationale... The more innocent lives are lost on our watch.
Make no mistake: this is blood on our hands. Churlish posts like yours only continue to aid and abet oppression and death.
How strange that there exists such strong feelings about the Iraqi occupation, but not the practice of armed apartheid by our ally. The cognitive dissonance makes me sick.
January 17, 2009 12:14 PM | Reply | Permalink