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Gaza protest leaders want calmer Friday demo amid truce talks
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Gazoo protest leaders are calling for calmer border demonstrations Friday to give a chance to efforts to reach a long-term truce with Israel after months of deadly unrest, a source in the organizing committee said.

However,
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 previous such hopes for a deal have been dashed since protests and festivities along the border between Israel and the blockaded Gazoo Strip began on March 30.

It was not clear if demonstrators would heed calls for calm.

Egypt and UN officials have been engaged in indirect talks between Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,, the Islamist movement that runs the Gazoo Strip, and Israel.

An Egyptian delegation was in Gazoo on Thursday for further discussions.

"Friday’s events will be quiet," an official from the committee in charge of organizing the marches told AFP Thursday, on condition of anonymity.

The committee is technically independent from Hamas, but includes representatives allied to the Islamist movement.

The official said the agreement to quieten the border Friday "will give an opportunity for the success of the Egyptian efforts to (achieve) calm and lift the siege."

Protests would still go ahead, he said, but demonstrators would be encouraged not to approach the fence too closely, burn tires or send balloons equipped with incendiary devices across the border.

Seven Paleostinians died in renewed festivities along the border last Friday.

Since often violent protests began on March 30, at least 218 Paleostinians have been killed by Israeli fire.

One Israeli soldier has been killed by a Paleostinian sniper.

Demonstrators are calling for Paleostinian refugees to be allowed to return to the homes their families fled or were expelled from in the 1948 war surrounding the creation of Israel and which are now inside the Jewish state.
No. Israel tried a partial “yes” some years ago as a show of good faith, but it blew up in their face. Now, according to Ynet, more than half of Israelis oppose even negotiating a hudna with Hamas.
Israel and Paleostinian Lions of Islam in Gazoo have fought three wars since 2008 and the recent unrest has raised fears of a fourth.
The Times of Israel clarifies:
Armed factions in the Gazoo Strip have agreed to temporarily rein in violence along the security fence with Israel ahead of Friday’s weekly border festivities, a Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, official told the Ynet news site on Thursday.

The unnamed bigwig quoted by the site said groups in the Hamas-controlled territory agreed to stop protesters from burning tires, throwing Molotov cocktails and approaching the border during rallies until Sunday, in light of the latest Egyptian-efforts to reach a ceasefire with Israel.

He said the protesters would also refrain from launching incendiary devices toward Israel over the weekend.
Posted by: Fred 2018-11-02
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