From Israel Radio: Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that there is no ceasefire agreement with Hamas and such an accord is not close. Barak said that only when the rocket fire from Gaza ceases, the terrorist attacks stop, and weapons smuggling drops significantly, will Israel consider agreeing to a truce.
Despite the recent drop in Kassam rocket fire towards Israel, Hamas officials have also said there is no formal truce with Israel. At the same time, Hamas officials have said that the group will stop the fire if Israel halts it military operations.
As interpreted by JTA.org: Israeli forces have dramatically scaled back operations in the Gaza Strip in what appears to be a bid to secure a de facto truce with Hamas.
Monday, March 10, 2008
No mistranslations, here
The contention that the Iranian leadership does not literally support eradicating Israel from the map is contradicted by the slogans, in English, as seen in these two photos. 
The photo above, crediting the slogan to Imam Khomeini, is from AFP; The photo of the slogan displayed on the lecturn, is from Reuters [ March 9, 2008 conference in Tehran]
As documented on littlegreenfootballs.com.
If the photos do not display on your e-mail, see the posting on http://jcommunitynews.blogspot.com
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