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

[ewjohnson via Peace-discuss]

I would most strongly advise Gaza NOT to demilitarize.


On 08/13/2014 10:03 PM, Stuart Levy via Peace-discuss wrote:
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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>
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> http://english.alwatanvoice.com/news/2014/08/12/577204.html
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> 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:
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> 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.
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> Additionally, the Israeli news site Ynet said that Israel had agreed 
> to allow construction materials to enter Gaza "under close supervision."
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> 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.
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> 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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