Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer agreed last night that Israel would accept all of the cese-fire recommendations of US Special envoy Anthony Zinni. US President George W. Bush this morning termed the IDF's partial withdrawal from several Palestinian cities overnight, "a beginning." When the IDF concludes Operation Defensive Shield its forces will be deployed into buffer zones that will serve to block the entry of terrorists from Palestinian areas into settlements and to prevent attacks on Israelis, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday.
Getting the Israelis to accept has never been the problem. |