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Egypt proposes Israel-Gaza ceasefire
[BBC] Egypt has proposed a ceasefire to end a week of cross-border fire between the Gazoo Strip and Israel. The initiative, announced by the foreign ministry, urges a ceasefire starting on Tuesday morning followed by a series of meetings in Cairo with high-level delegations from both sides.It comes ahead of an urgent meeting of Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... foreign ministers in Cairo. Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, the faction that controls Gazoo, confirmed that truce efforts were under way but said no deal had yet been done. Israeli officials said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet would convene on Tuesday to discuss the proposal. Paleostinian officials say at least 175 people in Gazoo have been killed by Israeli air strikes since the offensive began last Tuesday. Israel says nearly 1,000 rockets have been fired from Gazoo in that time. Posted by: Fred 2014-07-15 |
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