"Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza Strip begins; Mideast heads hope for peace, others dubious" by Matti Friedman, Associated Press | June 19, 2008
JERUSALEM - A truce between Israel and Hamas went into effect this morning, hours after the two sides launched attacks that highlighted the difficulties they face in holding the cease-fire together.
Did I call it or what?
And CUI BONO?
After a year of violence that has killed more than 400 Palestinians and seven Israelis, the leaders of both sides expressed hope the truce that went into effect at 6 a.m. would succeed but made clear they have little faith in their adversary's commitment to the deal.
A 60 to 1 ratio, huh?
"I hope it will succeed. I believe there will be quiet in [Israel's] south," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a speech to philanthropists. But he also said he instructed his military "to prepare for any operation, short or long, that might be necessary" if the truce breaks down as several previous ones have.
In Gaza, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said the truce would ease the lives of Gazans, but success or failure was in Israel's hands. "The calm is going to bring stability to Israel if they commit themselves to it," he said.
Violence was still in evidence yesterday and a truce seemed remote. The military said at least 40 rockets and 10 mortar shells exploded in Israel by nightfall, an especially high one-day total.
That's why I SMELL a MOSSAD/FATAH STINK!
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for much of the rocket fire, saying it was to avenge Israeli air strikes that killed 10 militants the previous two days. Israel hit back with two more air strikes, wounding two Palestinians, according to Hamas security officials....
So claims the lying Zionist press, anyway.
And I'm tired of the biased, slanted writing style, too!
Palestinians in Gaza have suffered the consequences of punishing Israeli retribution - air strikes and military raids targeting gunmen and a blockade that has cut off many vital supplies. Israelis in communities near the Gaza Strip have lived for years with barrages of mortars and rockets that send them scrambling for cover almost every day.
Yup, Israel is always retaliating and it is every day rockets.
Yup, the poor, set-upon Jews in my Zionist-controlled War Daily!
I just get tired of the prop, readers, and only left it in to show what AmeriKan media's Zionist bias looks like.
According to the truce terms, militants will immediately halt their attacks on Israel, and Israel will cease its raids. After three days, Israel will ease the Gaza blockade, and a week later Israel will further ease restrictions at cargo crossings. In a final stage, the sides are supposed to talk about opening a major border crossing between Gaza and Egypt and the return of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza by Hamas militants for two years. The truce is supposed to last six months. A cease-fire in November 2006 lasted only weeks before unraveling....
Which is what I expect this one to do; bet it doesn't last a week.
Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman, said that preparations were underway to increase the number of trucks carrying goods into Gaza beginning Sunday if the truce holds.... Lerner said fuel shipments would not immediately increase..."
If they are shipping anything at all!
Why does the Zionist MSM keep minimizing the collective punishment war crime of the sie... oh, right.
