Word: truce
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...determined to eliminate the missile threat to its southern civilian population centers, the best chance for averting a bloody showdown in Gaza may be a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, mediated either by Egypt, or by Abbas himself, who proposed Monday to take on that role. But even truce efforts may only delay the inevitable clash...
...cease-fire if Israel stopped its air strikes and opened the border crossings into Gaza. He also pressed Israel to agree to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the freedom of Corporal Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier kidnapped in June 2006. Israel has, until now, refused to discuss a truce with Hamas, which it (together with the U.S. and European Union) considers a terrorist organization. And, facing international sanctions designed to oust it from power, Hamas has shown no inclination to halt rockets being fired into southern Israel from territory under its control...
Olmert and his generals were most vulnerable to criticism of their decisions during the conflict's final 60 hours. While the United Nations was hammering out the last details of a truce, the prime minister approved a major ground assault into southern Lebanon in which 34 Israeli soldiers died and few, if any, lasting gains were made on the battlefield. The report blamed the politicians and the top brass of "equivocation" which "hurt Israel" by dithering over whether to launch the ground attack or seek a political end the war. Nevertheless, the report stated: "The goals of the ground operation...
...bloody enforcers to help the Gulf Cartel get the edge over its rivals. The Zetas' paramilitary tactics were imitated by the rival Sinaloa cartel, which trained thousands of up-and-coming thugs in weapons and communications. After years of mutual beheadings and massacres, the two cartels recently made a truce, deciding the bloodshed was bad for business, Mexican and U.S. law officials say. The wrath of both cartels is now turned on the government...
...more than 25,000 soldiers and police to the worst-hit cities, made record cocaine busts and arrested alleged smuggling kingpins, including Beltran's brother Alfredo. Proclaiming the fight against drugs a war, he has broken Mexican tradition by dressing up in army uniform. "There will be no truce and no quarter to the enemies of Mexico," Calderon told soldiers in a military base last year...