Israel Rejects Palestine's Truce Proposal

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Jerusalem: Israel on Sunday rejected as "not serious" a proposal by the Palestinian leadership for a truce and reiterated its demand that radical groups be dismantled before any resumption of peace talks.

Palestinian officials said on Saturday a new truce was possible if the Israelis formally recognised it, pulled out of occupied towns and ended their practice of "targeted killings" of militant leaders.

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Osama al-Baz, the top adviser to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, triggered the effort for a new truce Friday in an impromptu visit to see Yasser Arafat and other Palestinian leaders in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

Pazner repeated Israeli demands that the Palestinian Authority take all measures to disarm and dismantle the hardline groups, and arrest and prosecute their leaders for involvement in violence.

"Only after that can the peace process continue," he said.

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commit to these terms? The Palestinian leadership thought they had a winning strategy with their suicide bombers. The Israelis have found a counter that is destroying the terrorist network. Why should they stop before they have finished? It is not like the Palestinians have shown that they can be trusted to carry out their agreements.

Please note, before you flame me, that I am not making a comment about the rights and wrongs of the conflict in the Middle-East, although I suspect that you can tell which side I am on. I'm just asking: What is in it for the Israelis that they should agree.

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from the Palestinian's side??

What did you have in mind?

You know like that the sky is green and the ground is blue.

I thought maybe someone from the palestinian sidecould explain what the benefits are to Israel.

Internet access is very limited in the territories.

Just an idea.
I know some people disagree.

and they still haven't.

If/When the road-map goes up in flames, the US should divest and disengage.

I thought the roadmap never really took off TO go up in flames. It has gotten bogged by stall, bad faith, outposts, angry settlers, suicide bombers, and this insistence that it says the PA just dismantle the militant factions completely before there is to be any real consideration of the road map. The neo cons and the US Hawks never wanted the Road Map. Tom Delay HATES the road map. FoxNews most certainly has made no bones regarding WHAT ROADMAP.

"Appeasing Arafat" which is basically how the RW always so the roadmap, was never in the plan. No instead it was Mofaz's Plan all the way, a year of construction on the separation wall. Demolition after demolition, homes, commerce, orchards, groves, etc. An ongoing assassination campaign.

That said, that roadmap has yet to really kick in. The powers that be NEVER intended to appease Arafat. All has been for show of empty gestures to look like this was a peace process 15-20 continigencies later a working policy of transfer to Jordan mentioned but kept safely out of view. WHAT ROADMAP?