It looks like Israel's government is going to blow it again
The reports now are that Israel's government is convening to vote on a unilateral ceasefire agreement:
Update: oh, and I see that Ed Morrissey is on the verge of acting like a complete dummy yet again. I guess the lesson of how Byzantine empire went down does not move him either, does it?
Update 2: was there a "ceasefire"? Yes, and it's been broken now.
Update 3: fighting resumes.
The cabinet on Saturday night convened at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, to vote on a unilateral cease-fire deal which could end Operation Cast Lead three weeks after it began.If Hamas is not wiped out and obliterated completely, then what good is a "ceasefire"? No matter what foreign powers are saying, the chances that they would actually try to stop terrorists from rearming and smuggling more weapons into Gaza are almost nil. So if the Israeli government does accept this, then they have only repeated the capitulation error for the gazillionth time.
The cabinet is expected to back an Egyptian-brokered proposal for a 10-day cease-fire with no sign of a commitment by Hamas to stop the rocket fire on southern Israel which sparked the conflict.
Update: oh, and I see that Ed Morrissey is on the verge of acting like a complete dummy yet again. I guess the lesson of how Byzantine empire went down does not move him either, does it?
Update 2: was there a "ceasefire"? Yes, and it's been broken now.
Update 3: fighting resumes.
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