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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
A report came out by the International Crisis Group today. So we can sort some of the questionable aspects out.
A. The Ceasefire - Six-month ceasefire began on June 19th, 2008
- The ceasefire was never strong and was destined to fail. Israel wanted a ceasefire while still blocking crossing with Gaza and Egypt and maintaining a blockade while Hamas wanted a ceasefire with no blockades on either Gaza or the crossing.
- Rockets were fired in Israel from Gaza in June but no action was taken. A separate movement claimed responsibility and said it was in response to two Palestinian deaths in West Bank and Hamas encouraged them to stop. Another rocket attack from Gaza into Israel was claimed by Fatah, an oppositional movement to Hamas. Later, more rockets were fired but no one claimed responsibility.
- On November 4th, Israeli troops, from Israeli Intelligence, crossed into Gaza using a secret tunnel made by Hamas to prevent a kidnapping of an Israeli soldier killing 6 Gazans.
- On December 13th, Israel said they would renew the ceasefire but Hamas was reluctant.
- On December 19th, ceasefire ended.
So it was in fact Israel who did actually break the ceasefire. |
What? But getting a kidnapped soldier back? Are you nuts?
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B. Why ceasefire was not renewed.
As shown in the first quote, both sides seemed to have not lived up to the agreements. The second quote shows why Hamas did not continue with the ceasefire.
So as we can see, both sides had fault on starting this conflict and both sides seem to be acting as the reactionary.
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Only 15 or 20 rockets a month is NOT a ceasefire, not even close. Can you even imagine what it's like to live under that threat? Like London in WW II, knowing they are coming but never where or when. No, Hamas didn't live up to the agreement by a long shot, so why would the Jews? Their only shot at convincing the Pals to stop was hold up the trucks.