NO AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. Netanyahu has warned that Hamas, which he said had suffered a major military blow, would not walk away from the Cairo talks with any political success. The cease fire is set to end at midnight Monday, but even throughout this cease fire Hamas has been sending the occasional rocket into Israel. Israel will not agree to any long-term ceasefire in Gaza unless its security needs are clearly met, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. His comments came as Egyptian-brokered, indirect talks between Israel and Palestinian factions resumed in Cairo on Sunday. A five-day truce between the two sides is set to expire at midnight on Monday. The Israeli delegation in Cairo is acting with a very clear mandate to stand firmly on Israels security needs, Netanyahu told ministers at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Only if there is a clear answer to Israels security needs, only then will we agree to reach an understanding, he said, as Israels negotiating team made its way back to Cairo for indirect talks with the Palestinians over a long-term arrangement to end more than a month of bloodshed in Gaza. Al Jazeeras Kimberly Halkett, reporting from West Jerusalem, said the prime minister faces deep divisions within his cabinet on whether to support plans for a long-term ceasefire She said hardliners are opposed to any discussions of the development of a seaport in Gaza, one of the key demands of the Palestinian negotiators. We are committed to achieving the Palestinian demands and there is no way back from this. All these demands are basic human rights that do not need this battle or these negotiations, Abu Zuhri told the AFP news agency. But Netanyahu warned that Hamas, which he said had suffered a major military blow, would not walk away from the Cairo talks with any political success. If Hamas thinks it will make up for its military losses with a political achievement, it is wrong, he said. If Hamas thinks that by continuing the steady trickle of rocket fire it will force us to make concessions, it is wrong. As long as there is no quiet, Hamas will continue to suffer heavy blows. Hamas knows we have a lot of power but maybe it thinks we dont have enough determination and patience, and even there it is wrong, it is making a big mistake, he said. aljazeera/news/middleeast/2014/08/israel-no-gaza-deal-until-security-needs-met-20148179358622717.html
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 04:35:50 +0000
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