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ANOTHER BLACK MARK John Kerry. Only Secretary of State in 20 years to fail at ceasefire efforts in Mideast
Secretary of State John Kerry failed on Friday to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and forces loyal to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s Security Cabinet unanimously rejected the latest ceasefire proposal, which called for only a week-long cessation of hostilities. This is only the latest in a series of ceasefire proposals advanced by the United States and its regional allies the either Israel or Hamas have rejected.
“The agony of events on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, all of them together, simply cannot be overstated,” Kerry said in a statement in Cairo on Friday announcing the failure of his latest proposal.
Some reports have suggested that Jerusalem’s frustration with the United States was augmented after a 48-hour ban on flights was imposed on Israel by the Federal Aviation Administration. Hamas members called the ban a “great victory.”
“The failure of the new cease-fire proposal comes as five Palestinians were shot and killed in protests Friday in the West Bank after Palestinians called for a ‘Day of Rage’ against the Israeli military’s operation,” USA Today reported. The situation on the ground in Gaza was made even worse in the wake of an attack on a United Nations school in Gaza in which 15 died. That attack was reportedly linked to Israel, but that has not yet been confirmed by independent observers.
The conflict — in its 18th day — has killed 828 Palestinians and left 5,200 injured, said Ashraf al-Kidra, a Palestinian health official. In Israel, 38 people have been killed since July 8, including 35 soldiers, two Israeli civilians and a Thai worker.
Via the New York Daily News, this latest failure cements Kerry’s position as the only American Secretary of State to fail to get combatants on either side of the Israeli/Palestinian equation to agree to a ceasefire amid ongoing hostilities in more than 20 years.
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/07/25/john-kerry-still-the-only-secretary-of-state-in-20-years-to-fail-at-cease-fire-efforts-in-mideast/
Secretary of State John Kerry failed on Friday to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and forces loyal to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s Security Cabinet unanimously rejected the latest ceasefire proposal, which called for only a week-long cessation of hostilities. This is only the latest in a series of ceasefire proposals advanced by the United States and its regional allies the either Israel or Hamas have rejected.
“The agony of events on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, all of them together, simply cannot be overstated,” Kerry said in a statement in Cairo on Friday announcing the failure of his latest proposal.
Some reports have suggested that Jerusalem’s frustration with the United States was augmented after a 48-hour ban on flights was imposed on Israel by the Federal Aviation Administration. Hamas members called the ban a “great victory.”
“The failure of the new cease-fire proposal comes as five Palestinians were shot and killed in protests Friday in the West Bank after Palestinians called for a ‘Day of Rage’ against the Israeli military’s operation,” USA Today reported. The situation on the ground in Gaza was made even worse in the wake of an attack on a United Nations school in Gaza in which 15 died. That attack was reportedly linked to Israel, but that has not yet been confirmed by independent observers.
The conflict — in its 18th day — has killed 828 Palestinians and left 5,200 injured, said Ashraf al-Kidra, a Palestinian health official. In Israel, 38 people have been killed since July 8, including 35 soldiers, two Israeli civilians and a Thai worker.
Via the New York Daily News, this latest failure cements Kerry’s position as the only American Secretary of State to fail to get combatants on either side of the Israeli/Palestinian equation to agree to a ceasefire amid ongoing hostilities in more than 20 years.
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/07/25/john-kerry-still-the-only-secretary-of-state-in-20-years-to-fail-at-cease-fire-efforts-in-mideast/
