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Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat, whose efforts to achieve a treaty with Israel are scorned by Hamas as treason, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's "efforts are focused on one thing: deescalate the violence and save lives in Gaza. That's what we're hoping for." "No amount of pressure can stop our efforts at the United Nations" to obtain a General Assembly vote at the end of the month granting observer status to the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem, he said.
Hamas rejects the diplomacy of Abbas outright. But Erekat said: "It is our brothers' and sisters' blood. This is no time for internal squabbles or pointing fingers."
Originally posted by dontreally
Mahmoud Abbas never ceases to amaze me.
Shooting mortars, qassams, grads, upgraded grads, and fajr 5's at Israel is not "peace". Its an action that needs to be acknowledged. Since it's not being acknowledged by the PA, as per their usual policy, I can't see how Israel and this mendacious government can ever engage in a sincere and constructive dialogue.
Originally posted by Deetermined
reply to post by thePharaoh
Where's your source?
Hamas doesn't even believe in "peace deals" and cease fires.
really....honestly...are you for real....WTH....cmon what!??
Originally posted by Deetermined
I have to ask you the same question since your link was about forming a transitional government for Syria.
What does this have to do with what's going on between Israel and Hamas and Gaza?
Edit to add: In case you didn't realize it, the incident in Syria was a totally separate incident from the one in Gaza.
edit on 16-11-2012 by Deetermined because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Cynic
reply to post by thePharaoh
They all hate each other, they sometimes grudgingly get along - but never completely.
Most of them hate the West even more than they hate each other.
No amount of external intervention will ever fix it.
Unless of course, Western powers decide these punchy whackos need their countries turned to glass and nuke them all from orbit.
Things could quiet down over there if that were the case. China and the Soviets need oil too.
Problem solved.
that meeting was for more than just the syria issue...
the arab league and europe met in cairo to discussed syria and palastine and isreal
thats the only link i was bothered to find.....but that meeting was ignored by isreal as to not sign the new cease fire deal.
Originally posted by Deetermined
reply to post by thePharaoh
You're the only one I see trying to spread propaganda here, and even that doesn't make sense most of the time, hence the word "trying".
Originally posted by dontreally
Mahmoud Abbas never ceases to amaze me.
Shooting mortars, qassams, grads, upgraded grads, and fajr 5's at Israel is not "peace". Its an action that needs to be acknowledged. Since it's not being acknowledged by the PA, as per their usual policy, I can't see how Israel and this mendacious government can ever engage in a sincere and constructive dialogue.
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the north of the Gaza Strip which exploded Monday morning in an uninhabited area of the Israeli city Sderot in Negev, caused no damage and claimed no victims. The attack coincided with the reopening of schools in Israel after the summer holidays at a time when streets are relatively crowded. It is the fourth rocket launched from Gaza in the last 24 hours.