If I remember correctly, Hamas rejected the first one because one of their demands is lifting the siege on Gaza. Israel would not agree to that.
-----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 2:00 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Israel rejects US/UN ceasefire proposal. Wants to continue fighting into Gaza. I haven't found the terms of the first one that Hamas rejected but these are supposed to be the basic terms that Kerry suggested in the latest proposal. The second one is apparently the sticking point with Israel as it raises PA to a negiotating partner level. Kerryââ¬â¢s initiative stipulates the following terms: 1. A one-week, temporary cease-fire, starting Sunday, during which Israel Defense Forces troops will not leave the Gaza Strip entirely and will continue to locate and destroy Hamas tunnels. 2. During this cease-fire, Israel and Hamas will begin negotiations on a more permanent arrangement, with Egyptian mediation. The Palestinian Authority will participate in these talks. 3. The United States, the UN secretary-general and the European Union will provide guarantees to both sides that the negotiations will deal with the issues important to them - for Israel, disarming Gaza of its rockets and tunnels, and for Hamas, ending the blockade of Gaza and repairing the damage the Strip has suffered. Read more at http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43643_The_Terms_of_Kerrys_Israel-Hamas_Cease-Fire_Proposal_-_Update-_Israel_Rejects_Kerry_Proposal#Ug6XC2X5MhFQY0As.99 On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do we have a concise guide to what the differences between the two > proposals were and the stated reasons for rejecting them? > > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:32 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey > <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> This is not the first cease-fire that has been rejected. Hamas >> rejected the first one. >> >> >> http://online.wsj.com/articles/kerry-presses-hamas-to-accept-egyptian >> -cease-fire-plan-1406041049 >> >> Until Later! >> C. Hatton Humphrey >> http://www.eastcoastconservative.com >> >> Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do >> some smelting to find it. >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.businessinsider.com/israel-just-rejected-kerrys-ceasefire- >> proposal-2014-7 >> > >> > Israel seems to want to continue fighting through the center of >> > Gaza, rejecting the temporary ceasefire. One of their complaints is >> > that it raises HAMAS to an equal negotiating partner or some such rubbish. >> > >> > Basically, they want to continue this engagement until they "win" ... >> > whenever and however that will be. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
