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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 02:35 PM Jul 2014

Israel rejects Kerry Gaza ceasefire proposal: Israeli TV

Source: AFP

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel on Friday rejected a Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by US Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli public television said.

"The security cabinet has unanimously rejected the ceasefire proposal of Kerry, as it stands," Channel 1 said, adding ministers would keep discussing it.

Kerry met UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Egypt's foreign minister on Friday as pressure mounted for a ceasefire to end an 18-day conflict that has killed more than 800 Palestinians and 37 people on the Israeli side, 34 of them soldiers.

Israeli media reported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government demanded the army be allowed to continue destroying tunnels used by the Palestinian group Hamas to carry out attacks inside Israel.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-rejects-kerry-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-israeli-tv-175452326.html;_ylt=AwrSyCPDmtJTVAYAOsnQtDMD

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Israel rejects Kerry Gaza ceasefire proposal: Israeli TV (Original Post) Bosonic Jul 2014 OP
So, he's demanding an occupation without geek tragedy Jul 2014 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Jul 2014 #2
Baby Killers billhicks76 Jul 2014 #13
How many attacks sulphurdunn Jul 2014 #3
Good question. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #7
I would have to believe that if there were attacks...... Bonhomme Richard Jul 2014 #10
The ceasefire obtained until Israel broke it. JackRiddler Jul 2014 #12
I suppose this statement can mean a million different things. iandhr Jul 2014 #4
Once again Israel thumbs its nose at its sugar daddy/bitch...... Swede Atlanta Jul 2014 #5
I have been saying that for years obama2terms Jul 2014 #6
I hate to be so callous.... Swede Atlanta Jul 2014 #9
Body count isn't high enough. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #8
The only one missing from the Putin/Bibi Hell Bent for Killing trifecta is... Bonhomme Richard Jul 2014 #11
I'm not so sure they're not the same person anymore. bravenak Jul 2014 #14

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billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
13. Baby Killers
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 06:29 PM
Jul 2014

During Vietnam where 2 million Vietnamese were killed compared to 59,000 Americans there were also the usual apologists logically explaining away all the baby killing. Some things never change. But killing babies is killing babies.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
3. How many attacks
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 02:44 PM
Jul 2014

had Hamas launched into Israel through tunnels before the most recent fighting began?

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
7. Good question.
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 03:22 PM
Jul 2014

None that I know of. And although the tunnels could be used for military purposes, and thus pose a potential threat to Israeli security, I suspect most of their previous use has been to elude the blockade/embargo.

Bonhomme Richard

(8,992 posts)
10. I would have to believe that if there were attacks......
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 05:02 PM
Jul 2014

of any consequence from the tunnels we would have been hearing about it ad infinitum. What I do remember hearing about is the smuggling of supplies and goods through the tunnels.

iandhr

(6,852 posts)
4. I suppose this statement can mean a million different things.
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 02:44 PM
Jul 2014

… "adding that ministers would continue discussing it" Does that mean that they want to see what happens in a few days? Are they considering a counter-offer?

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
5. Once again Israel thumbs its nose at its sugar daddy/bitch......
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 02:58 PM
Jul 2014

This is why I want no more U.S. aid to Israel or the Palestinians. Time to cut them all off and rely only on their own resources.

If they choose to kill one another off then perhaps that land becomes available for some new use. I am tired of us expending time, effort and energy on peoples who just want to kill one another. Let them get at it and be done with it.

obama2terms

(563 posts)
6. I have been saying that for years
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 03:06 PM
Jul 2014

And republicans and democrats alike look at me like I'm a nut when I bring it up. If they choose to keep on killing each other they can do it on their own dimes! We have enough problems here at home that the money could be used for. Enough is enough, and the best way to show we mean it is to cut off the hand that feeds it!

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
9. I hate to be so callous....
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 03:34 PM
Jul 2014

I am actually a very compassionate person who believes in solving problems, helping those in need, etc. but this has gone on long enough.

Either the two sides seriously want to resolve their differences and live peacefully side-by-side or they don't. If they do then once we have sufficient evidence of this intent we can support this process but this should be "their" process and not ours. We should stay away.

If they want to kill one another then let them do it. Let the blood flow until the sands turn red. But that is their choice, not ours. I would prefer to protect the innocents and give them a chance but if, on both sides, they support the perpetrators of hatred and killing, so be it. Let's just get it over now.

We can get rid of all those religious buildings in Jerusalem. We can get rid of the Dome of the Rock and the Wailing Wall, etc. We can bring in bulldozers to get rid of that old rubble and build a Levant Disney. That's the ticket......

Seriously though it is time for the U.S. and outside influences from being involved. This is a decision only the Israelis and the Palestinians can take on their own.

Bonhomme Richard

(8,992 posts)
11. The only one missing from the Putin/Bibi Hell Bent for Killing trifecta is...
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 05:07 PM
Jul 2014

Cheney.
I have always supported Israel but as others have said....Enough is Enough.

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