NavigationBreaking NewsLatest News Articles Latest Audio Human Interest Opinion/Analysis Interviews Site TopicsMiscellaneousPalestinian Politics Lebanon war The Wall Palestinian attacks Refugees/Immigration Holy sites Non-violent action Israeli Politics Diplomacy Prisoners Israeli Settlement Human rights Israeli attacks Peace process International Politics Jerusalem English Audio Report Internal Unrest Italian Audio Report Truce Boycott Divestment user preferences
|
Or use the Paypal Donation buttons on the left column
Recent Articles about Gaza Strip Truce
New York Times: “Mashal of Hamas declared a temporary ceasefire” May 05 09 Israel to open two Gaza crossings Wednesday Mar 25 09 Egypt says it will open Rafah terminal two days this week Mar 17 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryPRC: “Truce in Gaza could collapse in three weeks”The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) stated on Thursday that the fragile truce between Israel and the Hamas ruling part y in Gaza could collapse in three weeks. The truce started on June 19, 2008, and witnessed repeated Israeli violations and invasions.
Abu Mojahid, media spokesperson of the PRC stated that the group and several resistance factions are annoyed by Israel’s lack of action towards reopening the Rafah Border Terminal, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. He also stated that Israel is not advancing towards a prisoner swap deal for the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, in exchange for releasing Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel. The statement of Abu Mojahid came when he addressed Hamas fighters undergoing training in the Gaza Strip. He told the fighters that Israel has until the end of the tenth week of the ceasefire, which is nearly three weeks from today, and added that if Israel does not abide by all of its obligations, then fighters will retaliate. “Politicians will stop their talks, and fighters will start their acts”, he stated. Abu Mojahid stated that Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip had agreed to give the truce a 10-week chance as a triad period. The PRC is one of three groups that abducted the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, after attacking a military base across the Gaza border in 2006. Two Israeli soldiers and two fighters were killed in the attack. |