Hamas announces truce with Israel

[mawilson 2,133]

The Israeli military and Palestinian militant groups entered a de-facto truce on Monday,

after four days of escalating violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel that left

at least 15 Palestinians and one Israeli dead.

Taher al-Nunu, a spokesman for the Hamas government in Gaza, told a press conference on

Monday that all factions in the strip had agreed to hold their fire – provided Israeli

forces would stop their attacks as well.

There was no corresponding statement from Israel. However, a spokeswoman for the Israeli

military confirmed that the air force had not attacked Gaza since Sunday evening,

suggesting that Israel, too, was keen to calm the situation.

Another Israeli official said: “There is no agreement. Our policy is that if we see

someone getting ready to fire a rocket, we will act. [but] if they don’t attack us, the

border will remain quiet.”

The latest eruption of violence was triggered by last week’s deadly attack near the

southern Israeli resort of Eilat. A group of 15-20 gunmen entered Israel from the

Egyptian Sinai peninsula, and launched a series of attacks on buses and cars travelling

close to the Egyptian border. Eight Israelis were killed in the raid, one of the worst

on Israeli soil in recent years.

The Israeli government blamed the attack on Gaza-based militants, later identified by

the internal security service as belonging to the so-called Popular Resistance Committees.

Starting on Thursday evening, Israeli war planes flew a series of attacks on Gaza,

killing 15 and injuring 61. Among the dead was the leader of the PRC, which later denied

that its fighters carried out the attack near Eilat.

The PRC, along with the Islamist Hamas group and other militant factions, also launched

a barrage of rockets and missiles on nearby Israeli towns and villages, killing one man

in the city of Beersheva, and injuring many more.

Last week’s cross-border raid also sparked a diplomatic standoff between Egypt and Israel,

following the death of at least three Egyptian security officers caught in crossfire

between Israeli soldiers and the attackers. Cairo was also incensed by a series of

disparaging remarks by senior Israeli officials over the lack of Egyptian control in

the Sinai.

Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, on Saturday voiced “regret” over the Egyptian

deaths – but the Israeli government has so far failed to answer Cairo’s demand for a

formal apology.

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[The_Dude 1,142]

A group of 15-20 gunmen entered Israel from the

Egyptian Sinai peninsula, and launched a series of attacks on buses and cars travelling

close to the Egyptian border. Eight Israelis were killed in the raid, one of the worst

on Israeli soil in recent years.

That's quite brazen.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

What's really brazen is stealing land, driving out and/or killing the inhabitants, declaring yourself a nation, then demanding that no one oppose you because you're a put upon minority group.

[The_Dude 1,142]

What's really brazen is stealing land, driving out and/or killing the inhabitants, declaring yourself a nation, then demanding that no one oppose you because you're a put upon minority group.

[scandal 951]

Hamas announces truce with Israel

Translation: we need time to rearm

That's about right. Rearm, and regroup.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

That's about right. Rearm, and regroup.

Or avoid escalation. It seemed like things were heating up very quickly.

Edited August 22, 2011 by Sousuke

[Sofiyya 1,687]

The bunk about the West Bank is a more appropriate title.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

That's about right. Rearm, and regroup.

On both sides.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

The best thing the US can do atm is cut off the $3 billion a year to Israel. Israel has had only one Prime Minister that was born there, all the rest have been Ashkenazi Jews with Bolshevik ties born outside of Israel.

Edited August 22, 2011 by Why_Me

[Sofiyya 1,687]

The best thing the US can do atm is cut off the $3 billion a year to Israel. Israel has had only one Prime Minister that was born there, all the rest have been Ashkenazi Jews with Bolshevik ties born outside of Israel.

And their Sabra PM is elated at how easily he manipulates the American Congress.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

And their Sabra PM is elated at how easily he manipulates the American Congress.

Lobbyist and media control. Now ask yourself why it happens so much in the US (AIPAC) yet the Jewish influence in Europe in regards to media and lobbyist isn't nearly as formidable as it is here.

[Golden Gate 530]

Apparently, approximately 80% of the settlers are Americans.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

IMO Israeli needs another Yitzhak Rabin

[Ban Hammer 13,206]

am i a pessimist if i thought by the title this would be an onion article?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

IMO Israeli needs another Yitzhak Rabin

Israel needs stop taking anymore land and give those people a chance at having their own country. If they lob more rockets into Israel after they have their country, then let Israel go in and level everything...but first there has to be a Palestine.