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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel halts talks on Gaza-West Bank bus convoys
2005-12-09
Israel has suspended talks with the Palestinians on allowing bus convoys between Gaza and the West Bank, despite a deal brokered by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli political sources said on Thursday. Widening its response to a suicide bombing that killed five Israelis, Israel notified the United States of its decision to pull out of the negotiations until Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas acts against militants, the sources said. The agreement reached during Rice's visit in November led to the Palestinians taking control of the main Gaza-Egypt border crossing and also called for bus convoys to start next week and truck convoys to begin in January using a "safe passage".
Posted by:Fred

#4  our busy little burrowing Paleos will just have to dig longer, deeper, and harder ....watch out for that aquifer!
Posted by: Frank G   2005-12-09 18:39  

#3  Hey, I see no problem with Paleo bus convoys from Gaza and the WB. Load 'em full, send them to Egypt and announce at the border that only the buses get to come back. The passengers have to stay. Repeat as needed until both Gaza and WB are empty.
Posted by: mac   2005-12-09 08:23  

#2  Oh yeah - Palestinian truck convoys. Lots of LNG and chemical-tankers, no doubt.
Posted by: Pappy   2005-12-09 00:40  

#1  ..Israel notified the United States of its decision to pull out of the negotiations until Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas acts against militants, the sources said.

The Israelis need to stick to that firmly - the Paleos must take solid, concrete action against terrorist groups on their soil before they receive any perks of any kind. Nothing happens until then. No Paleos working in Israel, no Paleo vehicles crossing Israeli territory, nothing.

The seemingly constant expectation that Israel should make all the goodwill gestures and good faith moves in the absence of reciprocal action by the Paleos has to stop.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-12-09 00:40  

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