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UNSecurityCounsel close to a binding resolution
The United Nations Security Council is expected to approve a newly revised resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza that calls for an international force to prevent arms smuggling.The resolution also for the first time mentions Hamas by name, which along with the smuggling clause is a key United States demand.... The Egyptian-French proposal regarding the Rafah area- we don['t know the details of the proposal aims to achieve a lasting halt to both rocket fire into Israel and to arms-trafficking for Hamas and a pullout of Israeli troops, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Eric Chevallier said Thursday. Posted by: mhw 2009-01-08 |
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