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...plan is as basic as it is alluring: the two leaders called for an immediate end to aggression by both Hamas and Israel. They also proposed reinforced policing of Egypt's border with Gaza to ensure that Hamas could not rearm itself with the same missiles whose firing provoked Israel's offensive in the first place. Those and other measures had been floated by Sarkozy and a group of European Union representatives who led peace missions in the region on Monday and Tuesday. Their proposals, however, were largely met by a disheartening dismissal from the various players in the conflict...
...Hamas from building new missiles to strike Israel with. That appears designed to fulfill Israel's main condition for ending its offensive: rendering Hamas incapable of firing missiles into Israel, through either military defeat or an effective arms embargo. And while Israel hasn't officially accepted the Sarkozy-Mubarak plan, its response to the proposal contrasts with its earlier vows to fight on. "Israel welcomes the initiative of the French President and the Egyptian President to bring about a sustainable quiet in the south," said Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev on Wednesday afternoon. "In principle, we have fundamental agreement...
...making it work, of course, is obtaining a pledge from Hamas to stop firing missiles into Israel from its Gaza stronghold - something the group has repeatedly refused to do. Yet that may be in the works. Mubarak's evolution from holdout to co-author of Sarkozy's slightly simplified plan suggests that Egypt's may be the first of several positions to shift in the region. It's likely that Mubarak's reversal was made with the knowledge that similar moves are afoot toward the same end - notably securing Hamas' acceptance of an enduring truce with Syria's assistance...
...will happen in every village from which Israel is fired upon. We will apply disproportionate force upon it and cause great damage and destruction there… From our standpoint, these are not civilian villages, they are military bases. This is not a recommendation. This is a plan. And it has been approved.” Such an open admission of the intent to inflict maximum damage, no matter the severity of the initial threat, wholly invalidates the popular claim that Israel is targeting only Hamas. According to Eisenkot, anyone within these “civilian villages” becomes...
...combating disease in Africa: "The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in history ... The next phase of the program will support treatment for a total of at least 3 million people, the prevention of 12 million new infections, and care for 12 million people ... [Additionally,] The President's Malaria Initiative is on track to reduce malaria deaths by half in 15 targeted countries across Sub-Saharan Africa...