Palestinians Fail to Make Cease-Fire Deal

[drdon326]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=3&u=/ap/20031207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinian_talks

Palestinians on Sunday failed to reach agreement on any truce offer to Israel, even a conditional one, after three days of talks mired in arguments, delegates said.

The delegates said they would resume negotiations in the future but gave no specific date. While the Palestinans argued about the nature of a cease-fire, Israeli officials made clear that only a complete end to attacks on Israelis could open the way for more renewed talks with the Palestinians.

Negotiators from Palestinian factions — including Hamas and Islamic Jihad — were split over whether to offer a limited truce that would only stop attacks against civilians in Israel or a complete halt to attacks, including those against Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (news - web sites).

The failure was a major setback to what Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia had hoped would be a way to revive the stalled U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan. Egypt, which mediated the negotiations, had wanted to present a full-scale truce to the United States and pressure Israel to move forward.

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[citizen snips]

1. cease fire deal

Here we go again.

[drdon326]

2. Its all for propaganda....

hamas and ij want 2 things...to kill as many israels as possible
and to destroy israel.

And they dont care what path of murder and destruction they
leave in their wake.

[pistoff democrat]

3. It's not a total loss.

I understand they had a great spread for everyone!