Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel launches ground incursion in Gaza Strip [View all]Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Agence France Presse
ISTANBUL: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Friday urged support for an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip, as he held talks with Turkey's leaders on a brief stop-over after a visit to Cairo.
"Israel accepted the cease-fire proposal. We (the Palestinians) must also accept it so that we can put the Israeli side at unease," Abbas told a news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Istanbul in comments translated from Arabic into Turkish.
Egypt-mediated talks to end the escalating Gaza Strip conflict have faltered amid Israeli plans to widen its ground operation in Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement.
Abbas voiced support for the cease-fire proposal which he said was floated by "our Egyptian brothers at our request."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jul-18/264332-abbas-in-turkey-calls-for-approval-of-cease-fire.ashx#axzz37qDzaod1