Monday, January 19, 2009

Israel intends to withdraw from Gaza before the inauguration of Barack Obama.

KommentariiVoyna prodolzhaetsya18.01.2009Izrail announced the completion of "Operation Cast lead" SyuzhetyVoennaya Israeli operation in the sector Gaza19.01.2009Ismail Haniyeh declared victory in the Palestinian sector GazaIzrail intended, unless there are extraordinary circumstances to withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip before the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, to be held on 20 January, the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth.

On the possibility representatives said the Israeli leadership during the festive dinner with the leaders of the EU, which took place on Sunday, January 18, the official residence of prime minister of Israel in Jerusalem.

Members of the Israeli Cabinet said that did not want to create difficulties, "the new U.S. president, only the incoming and expressed hope for further cooperation in the U.S. on the issue of disarmament of Hamas.

Recall that during the negotiations held in the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh last weekend, EU leaders, including Nicolas Sarkozy, Gordon Brown, Angela Merkel and Silvio Berlusconi, called on Israel as soon as possible to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.

Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire and end the military operation "Cast lead" on the night of January 18. The next day, began a partial withdrawal of the IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Hamas and other Islamic factions agreed to endorse the truce, but only for a week.

For their part, leaders of the EU promised at the talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, on its part to make every effort to prevent the rearming of Hamas, which, obviously, would lead to a resumption of armed conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier, a similar promise to give the United States: Condoleezza Rice and Tzipi Livni, signed the Memorandum of Understanding ", which includes a series of joint measures to prevent HAMASu opportunities rearm and re-establish their shattered as a result of Israeli military operations infrastructure.

Recall that the operation "Cast lead" was launched by Israel on 27 December. Its main aim was to overthrow the government of radical Islamic movement Hamas, which since the summer of 2007 undividedly controls the Gaza Strip and Israeli territory shelled Qassam rockets. During times of armed conflict on the Palestinian side killed more than 1200 people.

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