espertarse without the roar of Israeli bombs without sirens announcing the imminent arrival of a rocket from Gaza suggests a return to normalcy. Yesterday, Gazan fishermen went to fish and markets opened their doors, hundreds of families returned to their homes in northern and southern Gaza to see if still standing, and parks and cafes in southern Israel again be frequented.
But the impression is fictional and tranquility in both parties remains the fear of a resumption of violence and uncertainty of the clock negotiations that take place in Cairo.
It is the fifth highest fire declared since the start of Protective Barrier operation in Gaza, on July 8. Some of them lasted for only a few hours longer and three days. All resulted with no results and the death toll continued to rise up to 2000 dead, 1900 of them Palestinians.
Israelis and Palestinians have very little information about what is being discussed in Cairo, though the results can dramatically change their lives. What concessions are feasible? Will Israel is negotiating with Hamas or with a delegation of Palestinian factions? What is Egypt's interest in this mediation? Is it different this ceasefire declared last week?
"Yes," he replies without hesitation to the NATION Xavier Abu Eid, a spokesman for the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine (PLO). "He's having concrete progress," added without elaborating.
In the Israeli and Palestinian governments fissures caused by the conflict are increasingly visible. In Israel, several ministers admitted that the premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, presented them with a fait accompli and are unable to disagree. On the Palestinian side, President Mahmoud Abbas holds a dead silence for days, creating doubt and disappointment.
"Palestine is in Cairo a single delegation of various factions and their demands are all Palestinians and Israel are also obligations for agreements that have been signed. Lift the blockade of Gaza, connecting Gaza and the West Bank and rebuild a port an airport in Gaza or to release a number of prisoners are Israeli obligations, "answered Abu Eid, citing major Palestinian claims.
But for Tzipi Livni, Israeli Minister of Justice and of the negotiating team for a peace agreement, all communication with Israel is the Palestinian Authority Abbas. "And on the other side is Hamas, which does not accept our existence and calls up a blockade that could have ended years ago if they had bowed to the conditions of the international community, ie, demilitarization," said to a group journalists.
For Israelis and Palestinians back to the starting point is unthinkable. Pressured by the expectations of its citizens and the cost in lives of this offensive, the reverse gear is discarded.
"Things can not be maintained as before. Expect understands that Israel must make concessions and that the solution is political," says Abu Eid.
Hamas would be willing to give Abbas the implementation of the Cairo agreements, including control of the Palestinian side of the Gaza crossings. So far, what concrete proposals has led Israel to the negotiating table is not known.
"We have to help the people of Gaza, but we must first address the security concerns of the Israelis," qualifies Livni.
A first concrete result will be, according to Abu Eid, an international conference on rebuilding Gaza tentatively scheduled September 1st in Sharm el Sheikh.
"But the reconstruction is not the only responsibility of the international community in Gaza. They have failed in protecting Palestine, that is, their responsibility is prior to the destruction," Abu Eid considered.
According to Palestinian figures, four-week conflict caused losses of up to 6000 million in Gaza.
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