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May 21, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1826206320070518

Israel Sets High Bar for Gaza Peacekeeper Idea

[Reuters] Adam Entous - Israel said on Friday it might agree to international peacekeepers being deployed in Gaza as long as they were ready to crack down on Palestinian militants. Meeting senior Western diplomats on Friday, Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said any Gaza force would have to be willing to search for "terrorists" and arms, and play other "executive" roles in order to be acceptable, a Foreign Ministry official said. A senior European diplomat said Livni told the group that "if the mandate of the force is similar to the current UNIFIL, then Israel is not interested."

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