"Israelis, Palestinians may resume peace talks soon, Netanyahu says" by Steven Gutkin, Associated Press | February 4, 2010
HERZLIYA, Israel - One obstacle to a peace agreement is a split between the West Bank and Gaza, and a step toward healing that rift was made yesterday.
The Islamic militant group Hamas overran Gaza in 2007, expelling Fatah loyalists of Western-backed Abbas, leaving him in command only of the West Bank.
There they go again! Nothing about Hamas WINNING an ELECTION or anything.
Yesterday, a senior Fatah official, Nabil Shaath, crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.
So HOW is this going to be SABOTAGED by USrael, huh?
At a joint news conference in Gaza City after sundown yesterday, Shaath and a Hamas official, Khalil al-Haya, both said the talks were meant to lead to reconciliation, though neither detailed steps to overcome the differences.
But the cordial tone of the meeting was a contrast to a year of insults flying back and forth between the two sides....
“This visit has come late,’’ Shaath said after entering Gaza. “We cannot continue with these divisions.’’
Meanwhile yesterday, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Israel.You sure it was Palestinians?
Related: The Gaza Rocket Squads
And CUI BONO?Police said it caused no casualties or damage.
Now I'm even more skeptical.
Israel routinely responds to rocket attacks with air strikes at tunnels used to smuggle weapons and explosives from Egypt into Gaza.
Then how come my Zionist War Paper rarely reports them!?
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