Hamas links truce to end of Gaza border blockade

[P F Tinmore]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's Hamas rulers are aiming high in the conditions they place on stopping rocket fire into Israel in indirect cease-fire talks launched this weekend. Emboldened by Arab support and confident in their arsenal, the Islamists say calm can only come if Israel opens the gates of the tiny, closed-off territory.

For now, public opinion in Gaza appears to support continued rocket attacks on Israel. However, Israeli aircraft have already struck hundreds of Hamas-linked targets in Gaza and Israel is threatening to escalate its military offensive. On Sunday, a new tactic of bombing the homes of Hamas operatives claimed the lives of at least nine children.

Yousef said Hamas is capable of firing rockets as long as Israel bombards Gaza, adding that militants "have enough missiles to fire." Overall, Hamas is in a strong position to negotiate a truce deal, he said, citing the new diplomatic support and the group's current popularity at home, in addition to the large arsenal.

Hamas links truce to end of Gaza border blockade - Yahoo! News

 

[Darkwind]

Or....

The rocket attacks can end when Gaza has been emptied of its people. The militants killed, the civilians trucked to the Jordanian border and told not to come back or face death.

Gaza should return to the Israelis, permanently.

 

[P F Tinmore]

Or....

The rocket attacks can end when Gaza has been emptied of its people. The militants killed, the civilians trucked to the Jordanian border and told not to come back or face death.

Gaza should return to the Israelis, permanently.

That doesn't look like it is in the cards.

 

[sealadaigh]

Or....

The rocket attacks can end when Gaza has been emptied of its people. The militants killed, the civilians trucked to the Jordanian border and told not to come back or face death.

Gaza should return to the Israelis, permanently.

ethnic cleanse much there, buddy?

israel cannot beat HAMAS. look at the last gaza war.

 

[Rozman]

Prediction....

Israel does what it feels is in the best interest of Israel....
They stop when they decide.....

Obama gets a Nobel Prize for his role in the end of this conflict....
What was his role and what was the reasoning for giving him another...

Please I'm still trying to figure out how he got the first one...

Anyway he gets another so he can have bookends.
Who the fuck knows...