Gaza Calm

Gaza Calm

Calm Returns

To Gaza Today

As Israeli And Hamas

Fighters Take

A Rest - Time Out -

As Diplomatic Flurry

Tries To Make Peace

Real

Somehow Beautiful Rainbow

Shows Up

At Northern Gaza

At Israel-Gaza border

As Israeli Troops 

Hold Their Fire

Soon After

Mussa Abu Marzuq

Hamas's Exiled No.2

Announced Over

Syria's Television

Hamas's One-Week

Truce For Israeli

Troops Pullout

On Day 22 ~

12 Hours After 

Israel's Sunday 2 a.m.

Unilateral Ceasefire Declaration

This All Happens

Just Two Days

Before US President-elect

Barack Obama's Inauguration

As 44th US President

On Tuesday(January 20,2009)

But Since Bombs-For-Rockets

War Broke Out

On December 27,2008

More than 1,200 Palestinians

And 13 Israelis

Have Been Killed

And Thousands 

Of Sufferers Injured

And Made Homeless

Yesterday Egypt's President

Hosni Mubarak

Hosted Summit

For European and Arab Leaders

And UN Secretary-General

Ban Ki-moon

At Egyptian Red Sea

Sharm el Sheik Resort

Together With France's President

Nicholas Sarkozy

Mubarak Pushes

For Peace Deal

Pledging To Help

Rebuild Gaza

Calling For End

To Arms-smuggling

And Opening Up

Of Gaza To Humanitarian Aid

The European leaders -

Czech,German,Italian,Spanish,

British and French -

Then Adjourned 

For Dinner in Jerusalem

With Israel's Prime Minister

Ehud Olmert

Israel Neither Wants

To Conquer Nor Control

Gaza Strip Densely Populated

Desert Land 45 km. Long

And Between Six and 12 km. Wide

Wedged Between Israel And Egypt

With Population Of 

1.5 Million People,

Stresses Olmert

Addressing His European Guests

In Fact,Israel

Wants To Get Out

"As Fast As Possible"

Israeli Troops And Tanks

Have begun Moving Over

Border Back To Israel

Minutes' Ago

The Question Now

Is Whether Hamas

Would Halt Rocket Launches

As Israel Has Stopped

Bombing

Wars Flared Up

Between Both Sides

In 1948,1956,1967,

1973,1982,2006

And The Latest

Just After last Christmas Day

Israel Launched

The New Punishing Lesson

Ahead Of Its Crucial Election

Scheduled On February 10,2009

As Its "Deterrent Power"

Against Hamas's Rocket Fire

In Recent Days

The Arab World

Appears Divided

Over Effective Response

Last Friday

Qatar's Emir

Hosted Emergency Arab Summit

At Doha Attended By

Iran's President

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

And Syria's President

Bashar Assad

Both Strong Backers

Of Hamas

But Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas

Did Not Show Up!

Neither Did Any Representatives

From Egypt,Jordan And Saudi Arabia!

The Emir Had To Send

His Private Jet To Syria

To Fly In Hamas's Head

Of Political Wing

Khaled Mashaal

Who Called On Arab Countries

To Cut Ties With Israel

Today, Kuwait Will Host

Arab League Summit

To Discuss The Way Forward

To Assure Durable Peace! 

   

 

Sources:BBC,ABC,Reuters,AP,AFP,Economist, New York Times,Huffington Post,Wall Street Journal,Spero News,Opinionator,The Guardian,Blood & AMP Treasure,Washington Post, Boston Globe,Jerusalem Post and Malaysia's Star