CEASEFIRE BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL AGREED -PALESTINIAN OFFICIAL WITH KNOWLEDGE OF TALKS — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 21, 2012
Egypt PM announces ceasefire will go into effect at 2100 Cairo time standing alongside Hilary Clinton. — Jon Donnison (@JonDonnison) November 21, 2012
Al Jazeera reports:
Israeli sources said Israel had agreed to the truce but would not lift its blockade on the Palestinian territory, a condition earlier set by Hamas. Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste, reporting from Cairo, stressed that “the devil is in the details” of the agreement. “It will be the details that will determine whether this is just a pause in hostilities … or something that leads to a lasting solution,” he said, adding that Egypt had played an “absolutely crucial” role in sealing the deal. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to “give a chance” to the ceasefire, a statement from his office said.
A tweet reax:
Hillary should get the Nobel Prize for negotiating ceasefire between Bibi and Barak. — Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) November 21, 2012
President Obama told Netanyahu the US would intensify efforts to help Israel address the smuggling of weapons and explosives into Gaza.
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) November 21, 2012
.@ali_gharib @isaacluria Not to argue this, but notable tt Obama seems to hv extracted Israeli concessions w/o an ounce of public pressure
— Ron Kampeas (@kampeas) November 21, 2012
WH readout of Obama-Bibi call notes Obama “recommended” he take cease-fire deal; first open sign of US pressure on Israel all week.
— Joshua Hersh (@joshuahersh) November 21, 2012
People-this is not a ceasefire- its a de-escalation and de-escalations pose a massive risk of re-escalation. Esp those that last 72hs. #gaza
— Daniel Nisman(@DannyNis) November 21, 2012
IF truce holds & #Gaza is opened up,Hamas wld have ended Israel’s 5-year effort to isolate it inGaza. Result of Egypt,Qatar,Turkey efforts
— Salman Shaikh (@Salman_Shaikh1) November 21, 2012
Nothing very new on the blockade in the ceasefire deal . Egypt is the guarantor and ‘Sponsor of this understanding’
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) November 21, 2012
Noteworthy how invisible Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been during Israel-Gaza war, while Egypt led ceasefire talks.
— Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark) November 21, 2012
THE critical q MT @jeffreygoldberg: Will Bibi do anything to help Abu Mazen and Fayyad convince Palestinians that their path is better?
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) November 21, 2012
By normal standards, Hamas is the big loser here — didn’t accomplish anything. By Middle East standards…
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) November 21, 2012
Obama a CF winner. Even if Bibi ultimately did not want ground war, looks like Obama averted it.
— Ron Kampeas (@kampeas) November 21, 2012
One clear winner in this round: The people who invented the Iron Dome. Product of the year.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) November 21, 2012
Hamas is celebrating victory right now.How many Israelis are celebrating? Some pundits on Galatz are trying to sell a “tie”. #Bull
— Marc Leibowitz (@Marc_Leibowitz) November 21, 2012
Palestinian politics is a zero sum game & Hamas has prob’ come out of this stronger among Palestinians. So Abbas is weaker#Gaza
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) November 21, 2012
Finally a ceasefire. In #Syria however, 70 people were killed today.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) November 21, 2012
Will there be a Twitter truce ?@amirmizroch: So who won? #GazaUnderAttack or #IsraelUnderFire ?”
— Paul(@PH_on_tweets) November 21, 2012
Six different people in last ten minutes have asked me a variation of “So, what was the point of all this again?” #Israel #Gaza
— Lauren E. Bohn (@LaurenBohn) November 21, 2012
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