Dan dipercepatnya kejatuhan Assaad yang selama ini menjadi pion Iran akan
mempermudah berhasilnya usaha Morsi, Amerika dan negara Arab sunni lainnnya
untuk mencapai perdamaian antara Palestina dan Israel.
Apalagi bila pendekatan antara Hamas dan PNA memang menjadi kenyataan.
Selanjutnya, seperti beberapa kali saya katakan, perdamaian antara Israel dan
Palestina, bila tercapai, akan mengurangi alasan buat orang Islam yang memang
rata-rata dungu-dungu kayak anjing itu untuk melemparkan kepada kafir ("Barat",
zionist, salibis dan sebangsanya) tanggung jawab atas kedunguan dan kebobrokan
mereka sendiri.
Artinya mereka akan mulai mikir.
Dan tidak dapat dihindarkan, berkat kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan yang begitu cepat
berkembang, mereka juga akan pada sadar bahwa agama najis Islam yang mereka
anut itu cuma takhayul doang.
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Gaza ceasefire a critical moment for US
Kimberly Halkett
Kimberly joined Al Jazeera in 2006 as a presenter/correspondent.
November 22, 2012 - 05:20
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The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is now in effect. In Washington speak,
the agreement is being hailed as an important "first step" toward
"de-escalating" tensions and working toward a more "durable" solution for peace.
That more durable solution has, so far, not included any specifics on how the
siege on Gaza might be lifted - only that the blockade is to be eased.
Still, this agreement is significant. Not only does it hopefully bring an end
to the conflict of the past eight days, which resulted in the deaths of more
than 160 Palestinians and at least five Israelis, but it also signals a new
chapter of diplomacy in the region.
The ceasefire is, in essence, an agreement accepted by Israel and brokered by
the US with a largely untested Egyptian government on the issue of foreign
policy. This is a unique partnership in a post Arab Spring reality. The efforts
of Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president, in bringing about this agreement,
have most certainly raised his standing as a partner and ally for a nervous
Washington.
Until now, it viewed the leader with uncertainty. Much of Washington has
wondered both aloud and in private, following the ousting of President Hosni
Mubarak and the subsequent democratic elections which resulted in Morsi's
presidency, whether the US could continue to rely on Egypt as a partner.
Morsi's diplomatic efforts to bring about a ceasefire seem to have reaffirmed
Egypt's role as a key regional broker. That, in turn, renews the opportunity
for closer engagement with the Obama White House as it works toward what it
calls a "lasting" two-state solution where Israelis and Palestinians can live
side by side in peace and security.
This ceasefire, however, is even more striking, given that the agreement,
brokered by the US, involved Hamas, a group the US has no direct diplomatic
relations with and has labeled a "terrorist" organisation. Never mind the fact
that Hamas, which controls Gaza, was democratically elected in the 2006
Palestinian legislative elections.
The US and its international partners had tried to isolate Hamas, following
those elections, in an attempt to sideline the organisation. This new agreement
signals that the opposite now appears to have occurred. If anything, the
standing of Hamas has, at least for now, been lifted.
Announcing the ceasefire agreement in Cairo with Mohammed Kamel Amr, Egypt's
foreign minister, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: "This is a
critical moment for the region."
By all appearances, it is also a critical moment for the United States.
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