pocketfullofshells
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Gaza's Hamas rulers on Tuesday said they have reached a long-awaited cease-fire with Israel meant to end months of Palestinian assaults on Israeli border towns and bruising Israeli retaliation.
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The announcement came shortly after Egypt, which has been trying to broker the truce for months, said the cease-fire would go into effect on Thursday. Israel refused to confirm a deal, but said a "new reality" would take hold if Palestinian attacks end.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians
Hopefully this holds because both get something much needed out of it. Far to many have suffered from being closed off with few or no supply for simply living in the wrong area.
But I do wounder if the Republicans will cry Appeasers to Israel, because they talked and negotiated with Hamas....and they don't even want us talking to Iran let alone Hamas...but we all know Israel has a rep for being soft on terrorism right?
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The announcement came shortly after Egypt, which has been trying to broker the truce for months, said the cease-fire would go into effect on Thursday. Israel refused to confirm a deal, but said a "new reality" would take hold if Palestinian attacks end.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians
Hopefully this holds because both get something much needed out of it. Far to many have suffered from being closed off with few or no supply for simply living in the wrong area.
But I do wounder if the Republicans will cry Appeasers to Israel, because they talked and negotiated with Hamas....and they don't even want us talking to Iran let alone Hamas...but we all know Israel has a rep for being soft on terrorism right?