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Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: vyper on February 08, 2005, 01:19:10 pm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4245353.stm

At least Sarnie won't have much to worry about for a while.
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: aldo_14 on February 08, 2005, 01:50:45 pm: Blessed are the peacemakers.
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: Clave on February 08, 2005, 01:52:12 pm: Seems like time for cautious optimism....
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on February 08, 2005, 01:57:18 pm: Bravo.
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Post by: pyro-manic on February 08, 2005, 03:11:48 pm: Great news, but I'm going to remain skeptical. We've had truces and breakthroughs before, and nothing much has changed...
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: Corsair on February 08, 2005, 04:50:45 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Clave
Seems like time for cautious optimism....
Agreed. Tempered by a bit of cynicism.
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: WMCoolmon on February 08, 2005, 05:36:38 pm: Awesome. I needed a current event to write on. :p

Sounds good, but I'm skeptical as well...there's enough heated feelings (from what I gather) that some might just strike out on their own.
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: mitac on February 09, 2005, 05:06:34 am: That's true WMC, but this truce may pose as a means of clearing things up on a diplomatic level in case something goes wrong.

At least, that's the idea...
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: Gank on February 09, 2005, 01:28:37 pm: http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Diplomacy/4222.htm
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Post by: Sandwich on February 09, 2005, 01:55:45 pm: That's over 4 months old. Interesting, but apparently not all that accurate anymore - if it ever was. :shrug:
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Post by: Rictor on February 09, 2005, 02:10:26 pm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4248783.stm
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: Gank on February 09, 2005, 02:42:56 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
That's over 4 months old. Interesting, but apparently not all that accurate anymore - if it ever was. :shrug:

He's Sharons senior advisor, so I'd say its accuracy is fairly good, the fact that nobody in the government denounced also speaks volumes. As for its age making it irrelevant, 4 months and the death of one man is not going to bring about a complete reversal in Israeli policy, and anyone who thinks it will has their head in the clouds.
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Post by: Hippo on February 09, 2005, 05:37:03 pm: There's been an informal cease-fire for a few weeks, hasn't there?
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Post by: vyper on February 10, 2005, 10:32:37 am: Looks like Abbas could be taking some risks here - taking on his own militants.
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: pyro-manic on February 10, 2005, 11:00:58 am: That's what I'm worried about - there are some hardcore idiots on both sides who don't want peace on any terms of compromise that lead to Israel and Palestine co-existing. Until those people and their views are marginalised, there won't be a decent peace...
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: Gank on February 10, 2005, 12:05:00 pm: Seems someone other than Hamas doesnt think much of the truce either.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/538293.html
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: Rictor on February 10, 2005, 03:27:15 pm: Anyone hear about IDF mortars hitting an Israeli town right before the summit? I don't know what to make of it, really. One one hand, it seems a bit convenient that the defense minister issued a press release to the effect "we fear mortar attacks by Hezbollah" just hours before the attacks, which were indeed initially blamed on Hezbollah, before an IDF whistleblower came forward. On the other, even I have to draw the line somewhere...
Title: Israel & palestinian Authorities declare truce
Post by: Gank on February 10, 2005, 04:37:37 pm: Israeli military loves false flag operations, USS Liberty for example. think Mossads motto is "war by way of deception"