A Cease-Fire — But For How Long? -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
The Post reports: “The Egyptian government announced Wednesday night that Israel and Palestinian leaders in the Gaza strip have agreed to halt hostilities after eight days of Israeli bombardment of the enclave and hundreds of rocket strikes inside Israel. Standing alongside Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who engaged in intensive shuttle diplomacy aimed at ending the conflict, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr told a news conference that the cease-fire would begin at 9 p.m. local time (2 p.m. in Washington).”
However, Hamas is undeterred. (“Despite the agreement, rockets continued to be fired from Gaza into southern Israel after the truce formally began, news services reported.”)
Read more ....
My Comment: I agree with this analysis that believes that if Egypt plays it's enforcer role of keeping calm in the region, the ceasefire will hold. Unfortunately .... what I expect will be more of this.
No comments:
Post a Comment