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| Israel-Palestinian truce 'likely' |
| 2005-02-07 |
| From the Beeb. If true, it should be interesting to see how Hamas and IJ react, let alone Hizbollah. Israeli and Palestinian leaders will sign a truce on Tuesday to end four years of fighting, reports say. The deal will be agreed when Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas for talks in Egypt on Tuesday, sources say. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said a mutual truce would follow the summit, the highest-level talks between the two sides since the intifada began in 2000. An unnamed Israeli official confirmed the statement. |
| Posted by:11A5S |
| #5 These guys need to knock off this truce talk and start discussing a permanent cessation of hostilities. A "truce" is generally considered to be a temporary thing. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-07 8:09:22 PM |
| #4 So let me get this straight. Bush overthrows the Taliban and they now have a democratically elected government. Bush overthrows Hussein and the Iraqis will soon have a democratically elected government. Bush refuses to deal with Arafat, who then croaks, and now the Palestinians have a democratically elected government and, for the first time, a legitimate shot at achieving peace with Israel and their own state. Bush gives a SOTU address that calls on other tyrannical regimes, including two of our best "friends" in the region, to introduce democratic reforms, giving hope to millions for the first time. The Arab street hates us why? The left in this country and Europe calls Bush a Nazi and war-monger why? The SOTU and the Inaugural address were preachy and over-the-top why? Am I missing something? If the Arab world ever had a Mount Rushmore, they would be carving President Bush's mug on there in about 50 years. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2005-02-07 6:54:00 PM |
| #3 Actually, the deal will be "agreed" upon many weeks later, when we all have proof that the Palestinian truce is borne out in (lack of) action. What century do we imagine Palestine will actually get around to agreeing that Israel has a right to exist (where it is)? |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2005-02-07 5:31:03 PM |
| #2 The "hudna" measures the shortest interval between two booms... |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-02-07 5:19:55 PM |
| #1 Durnit. Wanted to put it on page one. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2005-02-07 5:17:28 PM |