Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?
Charles Johnson
Tue Nov 15, 2005 at 7:30 am PST • Views: 340
Wouldn’t it be nice if this deal actually led to peace? Israel, Palestinians OK Gaza Border Deal.
JERUSALEM - Prodded by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel and the Palestinians agreed Tuesday on details for opening the borders of the Gaza Strip and allowing freer movement for Palestinians elsewhere, a significant step toward an eventual peace deal between historic enemies.
The agreement, which gives the Palestinians control over a border for the first time, took all-night negotiations and a strong diplomatic shove from Rice. The basic elements of the deal had been in the works for weeks.
“I have to say as a football fan, sometimes the last yard is the hardest, and I think we experienced that today,” Rice told a news conference where she announced the agreement.
She praised the deal at a news conference as a “big step forward” in Israeli-Palestinian relations, bruised by nearly five years of bloody fighting.
And wouldn’t it be nice if clouds were made of cotton candy?
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