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January 9, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/08/AR2009010800842.html

U.S. Changes Position at UN

[Washington Post] Griff Witte and Colum Lynch - The UN resolution marked a sharp reversal by the Bush administration, which had refused to allow passage of a cease-fire resolution without binding assurances that Hamas would halt its rocket attacks against Israel. Israeli officials, who vigorously opposed the passage of any UN resolution on the crisis, privately expressed reservations about the current text on the grounds that it failed to include a firm guarantee that Hamas would stop its rocket fire before Israel would have to halt its military operation. The text makes no mention of Hamas' practice of launching missiles into Israel.

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