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To: LindyBill who wrote (285880)	12/31/2008 8:29:44 AM
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Cabinet rejects French proposal to hold 48-hour cease fire By JPOST.COM STAFF Print Subscribe E-mail Toolbar Share article: What's this? Talkbacks for this article: 0 The cabinet on Wednesday rejected a French proposal for a 48-hour suspension of the IDF offensive against Hamas to allow Paris the opportunity to mediate a cease-fire. An IDF soldier checks the machine gun in his Merkava tank in a staging area near the Gaza border Tuesday. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski Slideshow: Gaza op, day V "Giving Hamas a respite just to regroup, rearm is a mistake," PMO spokesman Mark Regev said Wednesday. "The pressure on the Hamas military machine must continue." On Tuesday night Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak appeared split on whether to accept the proposal in discussions with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that lasted late into the night. The idea for a 48-hour suspension was first raised by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in a phone call with Barak on Monday. Barak initially rejected the offer, but in a second conversation on Tuesday told Kouchner that he would reconsider and raise it in talks with Olmert and Livni. RELATED Editorial: Cease terror, not cease-fire Analysis: A head-spinning time-out? US: Cease-fire can't be on one side only PM, Barak appear split on cease-fire French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Tuesday evening that he would meet Livni on Thursday in Paris. Sarkozy is also expected to come to the region on Monday to look for a way to end the crisis. France, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU until Thursday, called an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers in Paris Tuesday night to discuss the situation. On Wednesday, Kouchner expressed concerns that the Gaza fighting could escalate. "I hope there are no ground actions," he said of the possibility of an Israeli ground offensive in addition to airstrikes on Hamas targets. "I think it won't be a solution and will only increase the number of dead." Yaakov Katz, Herb Keinon and AP contributed to this report