Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumMeshaal speaks out on possible cease-fire
July 17, 2014
The leader of Hamas political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, has reiterated in an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor that his movement will not agree to a cease-fire that does not result in the lifting of the siege on Gaza. Any initiative that doesnt stop the aggression and end the siege on Gaza would not be acceptable to our people. Thats why the Egyptian initiative was rejected, Meshaal told Al-Monitor in a phone interview from Doha. Since 2007, in addition to the multiple wars between 2008-2009 and 2012, Israel has maintained a land, air and sea siege on the Gaza Strip that is crippling its economy and has largely destroyed the territorys infrastructure.
On July 15, Egypt proposed a truce, largely along the lines of the November 2012 cease-fire, that was accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas. Meshaal criticized Egypts position on the current war, stating, Egypts negative position toward Hamas is unwarranted.
Meshaal said the root problem of the conflict with Israel is the occupation and the siege in Gaza. He told Al-Monitor, It is high time that the international community addresses the root of the problem in Gaza, lifts the unjust siege on the people and puts an end to Israeli violations in Jerusalem and the West Bank such as the arrests, home demolitions and the closing of civil society institutions because the root of the problem is the occupation, the settlements and the Judaization [of Palestinian land]. He added, We dont want war or more bloodshed, because we are the victim who is being killed, arrested and aggressed by the occupation, the settlements and the siege. We want to live a decent life without occupation and siege.
Meshaal accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of instigating the war for domestic political reasons. Netanyahu is the one who started this war. He attacked Gaza without justification. [He did it] for internal Israeli calculations and to face those one-upping him inside his government, he said. More than 200 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,700 wounded since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge on July 8. One Israeli has died.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/hamas-leader-interview-gaza-2014.html#ixzz37pXAapnf
King_David
(14,851 posts)Hamas rejected it out of hand .
Israel accepted it almost immediately .
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/gaza-civil-death-israel-war-crimes.html#ixzz37qKNCiau
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Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)for many reasons. I wish for all, they would get the fuck out of the way..all of them. Lots of
brinkmanship with only innocent people paying the price:
Ground operation follows deceptive measures aimed at Hamas
Israels inner cabinet decided on expansion of military activities on Tuesday, after Egypts cease-fire efforts failed; news media were told a decision would only be made Friday morning.
By Barak Ravid | 01:18 18.07.14
The Israel Defense Forces ground operation in the Gaza Strip began after the inner cabinet met in secret on Thursday night in Tel Aviv. In a deceptive maneuver intended to give the impression that no significant expansion of the military operation would happen in the next 24 hours, Israeli officials told reporters the security cabinet would only be meeting on Friday morning.
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