Ceasefire an opportunity to find solution: Kerry
3 Aug 2014 4:48 AM IST
Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza, the US and UN announced on Friday with Secretary of state John Kerry saying that the deal is an opportunity to find a long-term truce solution.
‘This is not a time for congratulations and joy, or anything except a serious determination, a focus by everybody to try to figure out the road ahead. This is a respite. It’s a moment of opportunity, not an end; it’s not a solution. It’s the opportunity to find the solution,’ Kerry, who fell short of winning a truce in Cairo last week, said.
‘We have to understand that all the people involved in this have strong demands and strong visions about what the future should look like. Israel has to be able to live in peace and security, without terror attacks, without rockets, without tunnels, without sirens going off in the day.
‘This is not a time for congratulations and joy, or anything except a serious determination, a focus by everybody to try to figure out the road ahead. This is a respite. It’s a moment of opportunity, not an end; it’s not a solution. It’s the opportunity to find the solution,’ Kerry, who fell short of winning a truce in Cairo last week, said.
‘We have to understand that all the people involved in this have strong demands and strong visions about what the future should look like. Israel has to be able to live in peace and security, without terror attacks, without rockets, without tunnels, without sirens going off in the day.
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