Following a vote of the Israeli cabinet, Israel has announced a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. IDF operations will end at 2AM local time. Details here, here, here and pretty much everywhere. Hamas, by the way, says it will continue its terrorist attacks.
“United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed relief at the ceasefire.
“This should be the first step leading to the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza,” he said. This should happen “as soon as possible”, he added.”
Did Ban ki-moon forgot to say that Hamas needs to stop firing missiles at Israel, or am I missing something?
Leon Wieseltier of TNR has an astute article about the war against Hamas and the way the media is handling it, or rather not dealing with it seriously:
“It appears that Hamas is so outrageous that it no longer provokes outrage. Its madness is accepted factually, in a sexy spirit of realism.”
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=b88b8198-e8cb-4e50-96c2-34f35d67d126