Word: truce
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...damage to all the Arab moderates the U.S. has been hoping to rally in an alliance against the likes of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizballah. Knowledge that pummeling by the Israelis will shift more political support from moderates to Hamas is no doubt fueling diplomatic efforts to force a truce...
...allow. The pounding being suffered by Gaza may force the issue, however. One option diplomats may seek would be to have the crossings be controlled by a neutral force. So, the closing days - however long they extend - of the Israeli campaign are principally about shaping the terms of a truce...
...There is no humanitarian crisis, and therefore there is no need for a humanitarian truce," Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday after an Elysée meeting with Sarkozy, who had reiterated his appeal that fighting stop immediately. "We affected most of the infrastructure of terrorism in Gaza Strip, and the question of whether it's enough or not will be according to our assessment on a daily basis." (See pictures of Israel's deadly assault on Gaza...
...with a rare opportunity to wade into a Middle East crisis as the main diplomatic player. The Elysée hopes Sarkozy's visit to Ramallah to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas can help reverse Abbas' increasing marginalization and make him an active partner in hammering out a truce. But the main event of Sarkozy's peacemaking foray will more likely be in Damascus, where he will meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday. Sarkozy's recent rapprochement with Syria, the regional player with the most influence over Hamas, means that the French President may have more diplomatic...
...shown itself to be adept at smuggling in rockets, many of them believed to be from Iran. And the very ferocity of Israel's campaign in Gaza will complicate chances of a new cease-fire. Although reports on Dec. 30 suggested that the Israelis were mulling some form of truce, it is doubtful that either combatant will agree until it inflicts more damage on the other, even though, according to one senior Hamas official reached by TIME on the telephone from Gaza, the militants' terms could be fairly simple: "If Israel stops its raid on Gaza and lifts its closure...