7-12-2014 UN Security Council calls for Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire – Elior Levy, Roi Kais ynetnews

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4542059,00.html

 

 

‪‪UK, US, France and Germany foreign ministers to meet on sideline of Iran nuclear talks to discuss international ceasefire push; Egypt also pushes ceasefire.‬‬

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The cease-fire draft is divided into two sections: security and socioeconomic.

 

 

The security aspect includes among other items the demands by Hamas for the release of 56 prisoners who were freed as part of the 2011 Shalit swap deal, but rearrested by Israel during the IDF operation followed the abduction and murder of three Israeli teens in the West Bank last month. They are also demanding the release of the senior Hamas members in the West Bank who were also detained during the same operation, known as Brother's Keeper.

 

The socioeconomic aspect includes principles reached after the end of Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012, including the expansion of the fishing area off the coast of Gaza, which was recently reduced by the IDF, a reduction in the size of Israel's security perimeter on its border with Gaza, the admittance of building materials into Gaza and the easing of the blockade on the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt….

 

 

Hamas at present is refusing to discuss a cease-fire….

 

Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

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