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Operation pillar of cloud. Israeli assault on Gaza

Very interesting if true:

More detail on Channel 10's report on a unilateral Israel ceasefire has come in. Their defence correspondent Alon Ben David reports that following a long discussion in Netanyahu's nine-member kitchen cabinet, they decided that an agreement on Israel's terms could not be achieved and Israel would unilaterally declare a ceasefire. Egypt would then be left to pressure Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other militant organizations in the Gaza Strip to hold their fire as well. The channel's senior diplomatic correspondent, Emanuel Rosen, said the announcement will also include a list of concessions to Gaza including lifting restrictions for export.
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That BBC live updates page really isnt so bad, much better than their news headlines.


1645:
The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has told an American radio station that "most of people that were hit in Gaza deserved it." Mr Ayalon told WNYC's The Takeaway programme that most of the casualties were "armed terrorists". The Takeaway has posted a clip from the interview online. The comments are likely to cause controversy as many civilians, including at least 40 children, have been killed in Gaza since last Wednesday.
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A different station in Israel has the opposite story in regards to the cabinet meeting:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/several-casualties-in-explosion-in-central-tel-aviv/

Channel 2′s Udi Segal says that the first message to come out of the meeting is that Israel would not carry out a unilateral ceasefire, as was reported elsewhere.
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And a third option:

Reuters news agency is quoting a "Palestinian official with knowledge of the talks" that a ceasefire has been agreed between Hamas and Israel - but no official word yet.
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Ceasefire stories arent going away and are similar in some ways to what we had yesterday: Announcement by Egypt 'shortly' (just seen 'in half an hour' from C4 on twitter) and will start at 9PM Gaza time (7pm GMT I think).

There are still the sounds of explosions & drones on the Gaza feed. I'm watching it via Ustream as RT stopped showing it earlier. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gaza-twin-camz
 
The terms:

Understanding regarding ceasfire in Gaza Strip
- Israel shall stop all hostilities in the Gaza Strip land sea and air, including incursions and targeting of individuals.
- All Palestinian factions shall stop all hostilities from the Gaza Strip against Israel, including rocket attacks and all attacks along the border.
- Opening the crossings and facilitating the movement of people and transfer of goods and refraining from restricting residents' free movements and targeting residents in border areas. Procedures of implementation shall be dealt with after 24 hours from the start of the ceasefire.
- Other matters as may be requested shall be addressed.
Implementation mechanism
- Setting up the zero hour understanding to enter into effect.
- Egypt shall receive assurances from each party that the party commits to what was agreed upon.
- Each party shall commit itself not to perform any acts that would breach this understanding. In case of any observations, Egypt as a sponsor of this understanding, shall be informed to follow up.
 
dylans said:
Let's wait and see what the terms are.
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Don't think the terms matter. Mark Regev is already talking about 'greater legitimacy'. Looks like they're going to use any breach of terms as an excuse for 'greater defence'. They will of course define what constitutes a breach of the terms. It ain't over, it's going to get worse.
 
elbows said:
The terms:

Understanding regarding ceasfire in Gaza Strip
- Israel shall stop all hostilities in the Gaza Strip land sea and air, including incursions and targeting of individuals.
- All Palestinian factions shall stop all hostilities from the Gaza Strip against Israel, including rocket attacks and all attacks along the border.
- Opening the crossings and facilitating the movement of people and transfer of goods and refraining from restricting residents' free movements and targeting residents in border areas. Procedures of implementation shall be dealt with after 24 hours from the start of the ceasefire.
- Other matters as may be requested shall be addressed.
Implementation mechanism
- Setting up the zero hour understanding to enter into effect.
- Egypt shall receive assurances from each party that the party commits to what was agreed upon.
- Each party shall commit itself not to perform any acts that would breach this understanding. In case of any observations, Egypt as a sponsor of this understanding, shall be informed to follow up.
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Strange that Hamas isn't mentioned in the terms but 'Palestinian factions' is.
 
elbows said:
The terms:

Understanding regarding ceasfire in Gaza Strip
- Israel shall stop all hostilities in the Gaza Strip land sea and air, including incursions and targeting of individuals.
- All Palestinian factions shall stop all hostilities from the Gaza Strip against Israel, including rocket attacks and all attacks along the border.
- Opening the crossings and facilitating the movement of people and transfer of goods and refraining from restricting residents' free movements and targeting residents in border areas. Procedures of implementation shall be dealt with after 24 hours from the start of the ceasefire.
- Other matters as may be requested shall be addressed.
Implementation mechanism
- Setting up the zero hour understanding to enter into effect.
- Egypt shall receive assurances from each party that the party commits to what was agreed upon.
- Each party shall commit itself not to perform any acts that would breach this understanding. In case of any observations, Egypt as a sponsor of this understanding, shall be informed to follow up.
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Israel shall stop all hostilities in the Gaza Strip land sea and air, including incursions and targeting of individuals.

This is a significant win for the resistance. I am sure Israel didn't expect to end up publicly renouncing its policy of targeted assassination when it began this conflict.


until it breaks the deal and kills someone of course
 
dylans said:
Israel shall stop all hostilities in the Gaza Strip land sea and air, including incursions and targeting of individuals.

This is a significant win for the resistance. I am sure Israel didn't expect to end up publicly renouncing its policy of targeted assassination when it began this conflict.


until it breaks the deal and kills someone of course
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Israel isn't renouncing anything, incursions or targeting of individuals, they're just saying they will stop some shit if the 'resistance' plays ball, they will decide on their terms if that is so and then carry on regardless.
 
Opposition party leader Shaul Mofaz - centre rightish - has criticised the cease fire as helping Hamas. Likud election prospects taking a bit of a knock?
 
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