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[Sm70&02] Palestinians, Israelis Work Toward Truce
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 | | From: | AP | | Subject: | [Sm70&02] Palestinians, Israelis Work Toward Truce | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:43:11 EST |
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinians and Israelis moved closer to halting more than four years of bloody violence on Sunday, with the new Palestinian leader saying he had made progress toward a truce deal with militants. Israel pledged for the first time to hold fire if calm prevails. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas extended his stay in Gaza until Monday, trying to win a declaration from armed groups that they will halt attacks against Israelis. Abbas has been meeting representatives of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a group with ties to his Fatah movement. Israeli leaders said Sunday they would suspend their military operations if the Palestinians maintain calm, taking a major step in the direction of a cease-fire. As in the past, the Palestinians were negotiating among themselves about conditions for halting violence without directly involving Israel - but making parallel demands on the Israelis. A truce was not formally in place, but little violence was reported Sunday, as about 3,000 Palestinian police patrolled Gaza areas near the Israeli border for a third day to prevent militants from firing rockets. Though there have been other brief periods of quiet during four years of violence, optimism was heightened this time. Abbas, who succeeded Yasser Arafat after winning a Jan. 9 election, was working around the clock to stop violence, backing up his earlier statements that violent Palestinian resistance had been a mistake. And on the Israeli side, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was responding positively to Palestinian moves for the first time, reflecting some confidence in Abbas, in stark contrast to Israel's attitude toward Arafat. Abbas remained in Gaza on Sunday, canceling plans to return to his West Bank headquarters in Ramallah. He told Palestinian TV that a truce accord was near. "Everybody feels the responsibility and the importance of putting an end to the situation that we are all living in right now," Abbas said. "We can say that there has been significant progress in the talks. Our differences have diminished, and therefore we are bound to reach an agreement very soon." Local officials of Islamic groups said an agreement has not yet been reached. Sharon convened his weekly Sunday Cabinet meeting in Sderot, a town outside Gaza that has been repeatedly targeted by Palestinian rocket fire. Sharon praised the recent calm as a "positive" development but warned of a tough response if attacks resume. "I hope that perhaps the quiet will continue and if not, then the army and security forces will continue to do whatever is necessary in order to remove the threat," Sharon said. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said that Israel wants to give the recently elected Abbas - also known as Abu Mazen - a chance to complete his cease-fire deal. "As long as there is quiet, there is no reason why we should act, certainly not while Abu Mazen is taking his first steps," Mofaz told Israel Radio. In the past, Israel refused to promise the militants amnesty. Mofaz, an ex-military chief and career officer, was uncharacteristically optimistic. "The year 2005 may be a turning point in which there will no longer be any soldiers in Gaza nor in the cities of Judea and Samaria," he said, using the biblical name for the West Bank. Israel plans to pull out of Gaza in the summer. Participants in the cease-fire talks have said a document being considered calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, the areas Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war. Hamas in the past has called for Israel's destruction, and acceptance of the document would mean a significant change of position for the Islamic militants. Hassan Yousef, the Hamas leader in the West Bank, said his group wanted assurances from Abbas that he will bring Hamas members into Palestinian Authority positions, including the security forces. The militants also want assurances that Israel will release Palestinian prisoners. "The top priority for a cease-fire is the release of prisoners and to maintain the right to defend our people in the event of an attack," Hamas said in a statement released Sunday. There are about 7,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Israeli has periodically freed small numbers of prisoners in goodwill gestures, but Palestinians have criticized the releases as inadequate. --=-=-- Content-Description: Help text Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
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23-JAN-2005: Armed Palestinian militants of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades group in Gaza, leave after talking to the media in Gaza city, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005. The group linked to the ruling Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, will agree to a mutual cease-fire if Israel pledges to halt its attacks on the Palestinians, the spokesman, who would only identify himself with the nom-de-guerre Abu Mohammed, announced. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) [Photo copyright 2005 by AP]
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23-JAN-2005: In this photo released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, is seen during a meeting in Gaza City, in this photo taken Saturday Jan. 22, 2005. Abbas is trying to reach a cease fire agreement with Palestinian militants that could halt attacks on Israelis, and the Israeli military is willing to suspend operations against Palestinian militants if they don't carry out attacks, Israel's defense minister said Sunday. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority) [Photo copyright 2005 by AP]
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