The opening statement of the article claimed that a recent visit by Egyptian intelligence chief Gen Omar Sulaiman to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories was supposed to help accomplish a ceasefire deal between the Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip which was headed by Hamas, and the other side was the Jewish state. Many analysts of the situation said that the probability of this happening was really low, and that the scenario that was most likely to occur was that the intensity of the conflict was going to lessen. This would prevent from more citizens getting hurt. The severity of the Jewish and Palestinian territories in example goes as follows. While Sulaiman was conducting meetings, a GRAD-style rocket fired from Gaza hit a commercial centre in the Israeli city of Ashkelon.
The nature of the missile and the distance that it traveled made its label as the most serious rocket attacks by the militants, Israel said. Ehud Olmert, the prime minister of Israel gave a plain face statement about the attack and he said that he hopes that he does not have to take action against Hamas with military action that Israel has not really used seriously. About one month ago there were about 12 Palestinian factions that agreed to a ceasefire with Israel. However, the conditions put forward by the Palestine were unacceptable to Israel, and Israeli demands of the Palestine seemed the same way. These actions led the head of Israeli Military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, to conclude that short-term lulls will not solve the long-term problems, also that any deal that did not include captured soldier Gilad Shalit would be very problematic.
Hamas, head of the Palestinians, would demand for a long-term solution if it included the return of millions of refugees to what is now Israel, this blocked that very same option. Such a lack of agreement has kept the Israeli-Gaza border open for imports, and banned of exports. Gaza's only border crossing to Egypt at the southern end of the strip remains closed. Hamas is expected to send a delegation to Cairo on 16th of May to hold talks on the truce with Egyptian officials. This is hoped to be a kick start to the conclusion of deals, and settlements.
Personal Reflection
In my view I think that this back and forth game that Palestine and Israeli are playing with the cease-fire talks, are ridiculous. If things are left at a yes or no, maybe answer, the same situation might just spring up in a matter of time. There needs to be some type of truce where both sides will be happy with the terms, and if not just man up to the situation, and sacrifice something to finish deals off. In this scenario of opposing sides, both sides can't get what they want because what one side wants, the other side is in possession of, and that sides terms is to not give it away. What type of conclusion can come in a problem like this?
Think of it as a playground situation, where one boy a Palestine has a lollipop, and the other Israeli boy wants it, but at the same time the Israeli boy has the wrapper, and the Palestinian boy wants the wrapper to save his lollipop for later. If this makes sense, a teacher would just confiscate both, but a smart teacher would, encourage the attempts to solve a problem until the point where one cannot survive with the other, and they are forced to coincide, and join together to adhere the needs of the their peeps, or also known as their country.
