Truce with Hamas? Let’s see

Posted on 06/17/2008 by SnoopyTheGoon

Israeli media is quiet so far, but Egyptians are already out with it:

A senior Egyptian official said a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will start on Thursday morning, the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Tuesday.

BBC adds another angle of the so called truce:

Hamas official Ahmed Yousef told the BBC he hoped that the ceasefire would lead to a further opening of the crossing points from Israel into Gaza, and an increase in the number of supplies.

“I am confident that everybody will abide by what we’ve agreed. All the groups which went to Cairo gave their okay to the ceasefire. If anybody does anything, they will be doing it on their own,” he said.

That last sentence bodes trouble. And quite soon.

Cross-posted on SimplyJews.

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One Response to Truce with Hamas? Let’s see

  1. Alex Bensky says:
    06/17/2008 at 5:53 pm

    This is not hard to predict. There will be a publicly announced truce, following which rockets will, after a brief hiatus, continue to come down on Israel. Hamas will ascribe this to rogue elements that it can’t control, everyone will pretend to believe this, and Israel’s eventual retaliation will be seen as breaking the truce, contributing to the cycle of violence, etc. Any bets that this won’t happen?

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