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July 29, 2006
"Temporary" Cease-Fire Proposal
Jan Egelund, the UN humanitarian chief, wants a three-day cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid in, and refugees out of south Lebananon. Israel has refused, saying that Hezbollah is deliberately blocking the safe lanes Israel has established. See the story HERE.
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Avi Pazner, a government spokesman, said Israel already has opened safe corridors across Lebanon for such shipments and that Hezbollah guerrillas were blocking them to create a humanitarian crisis. "There is no need for a temporary, 72-hour cease-fire because Israel has opened humanitarian corridors to and from and Lebanon," he told reporters. "The problem is completely different. It is Hezbollah who is deliberately preventing the transfer of medical aid and of food to the population of southern Lebanon in order to create a humanitarian crisis, which they want to blame Israel for," he added. |
I know who I believe - do you?
And just who does Egelund think he's kidding? Temporary?
Riiiiight!
Posted by ward at July 29, 2006 08:15 AM