ynetnews.com - 1/7/2009
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Egypt announces Israel-Hamas truce plan According to proposal presented by President Mubarak, Israel and Palestinian factions should accept immediate ceasefire for limited period, to be followed by talks on long-term arrangements including end to blockade of Gaza Reuters Egypt said on ...
haaretz.com - 1/6/2009
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haaretz.com —
Hamas must not be allowed to win its
conflict with the IDF, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on
Monday told a delegation of European foreign ministers in a closed conversation. The comment occurred even as Hamas, for the first time since the fighting ...
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Egypt's Mubarak to EU: Hamas must not be ...
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/7/2009
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Having praised the new Foreign Policy site ,
let me welcome them to the blogosphere by taking
exception to this hypothetical from new-minted FP blogger Stephen Walt, which has been mentioned favorably by Yglesias and Klein as an example of the sort ...
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AP: Two residents saw Hamas firing mortars near UN school
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... firing mortar shells from near the school. An Israeli shell targeted the men, but missed and they fled, the witnesses said, refusing to allow their names to be published because they feared for their safety. Then another three shells landed nearby, exploding among civilians, they said. Palestinian militants have frequently fired from residential areas in the past. Reactions all around are perfectly predictable. Egypt’s trying to capitalize on the fallout by pressuring Israel into a ceasefire , although there are whispers among the IDF brass that the operation might actually ...
World trying to push Israel into an early cease fire
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Once again, the world wants Israel to stop before the job is done.
Egypt said on Tuesday it was proposing an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, to be followed by talks on long-term arrangements including an end to the blockade of Gaza.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak presented the proposal in a brief statement after talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
[...] Sarkozy then told Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: “You have to say that in these conditions you are ...
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