[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ufpj-activist] Israel has agreed to 6 Hamas conditions.

[Stuart Levy via Peace-discuss]

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Subject: 	[ufpj-activist] Israel has agreed to 6 Hamas conditions.
Date: 	Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:59:05 -0700
From: 	Michael Eisenscher <m_eisenscher at uslaboragainstwar.org>
Organization: 	U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW)
To: 	ufpj activist List <ufpj-activist at lists.mayfirst.org>



http://english.alwatanvoice.com/news/2014/08/12/577204.html

A nine-hour session of indirect negotiations between the Palestinian and 
Israeli delegations in Cairo on Monday ended with a partial draft 
agreement on easing the blockade on Gaza, sources close to the talks told.

Negotiations for a lasting end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip are to 
resume at noon on Tuesday, the sources said.

Meanwhile, some of the terms of the draft agreement were reported by 
Israeli media. According to Channel 2, Palestinian factions, the 
Egyptian mediators, and the Israeli delegation have agreed on six terms 
so far:

1. Allowing Gaza fishermen to fish 12 nautical miles from shore.
2. Increasing the daily number of trucks importing goods to Gaza to 250.
3. Increasing the monthly number of permits granted to Gazans to pass 
through Erez crossing to 500.
4. Allowing money to be transferred from the West Bank to Gaza via the 
Palestinian Authority.
5. Opening Rafah crossing with Egypt.
6. Freeing prisoners who were rearrested after being released in the 
Gilad Shalit exchange.

Additionally, the Israeli news site Ynet said that Israel had agreed to 
allow construction materials to enter Gaza "under close supervision."

Ynet also quoted an anonymous Israeli political source as saying Israel 
would not allow the construction of a seaport unless Hamas and other 
factions in Gaza agreed to demilitarize.

In order to reach a lasting end to hostilities in Gaza, Palestinians 
have demanded Israel end its eight-year siege on the Strip, release 
dozens of prisoners whom Israel has re-arrested that were released in 
2011 as part of the Shalit deal, re-open a seaport and airport in Gaza, 
and create a safe passage between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.




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