At the time of writing this Israel and Gaza have declared a ceasefire. By the time this article has been published this may no longer be the case. Already there are reports on Twitter that rockets are being fired out of Gaza. How long the ceasefire will last, we do not know. However, unless further steps are taken both groups will be at war again soon.

On the 20th peace talks were held in Egypt, with the press saying that a truce deal was to be announced later that day. That time never came however. Talks were resumed on the 21st and it was announced by Hilary Clinton and Mohamed Morsi. Following the announcement there were celebration’s in Gaza, where civilians are celebrating surviving the conflict. While in Israel there were protests with Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to agree to a ceasefire proving to be very unpopular.

While a ceasefire has been called by both sides, it is not be enough. This is simply a calm in the fighting while both parties attempt to reach a longer agreement. Until such an agreement could be reached any ceasefire will be short lived and it is likely we will soon find ourselves in exactly the same position again.

What is needed now is a way to stop this completely. No half measures.

Simply agreeing to a ceasefire and hoping that this time it lasts will not work. For a few years, maybe more, the peace would last, the amount of rockets fired by both sides would die down, for a while. But all that would happen is that both sides would quietly lick their wounds and restock their armories. Then another event would stoke the embers and cause all the old tension and anger to rise up again. Then we would find ourselves in the exact same position yet again.

Hamas have been firing rockets at Israel for over 10 years. The Israel Defense Forces has entered Gaza already with Operations Summer Rains and Cast Lead. If, like last time a ceasefire is announced, and nothing more, then both these things will happen again. These two groups are locked in a perpetual war that can only fully end if one of them was to be totally destroyed, or if they were to compromise and sort out their disputes over the region.

Which way would we rather the endless fighting end? With the destruction of Hamas or Israel? Obviously this way would result in many more people dying, soldiers and civilians. It would also take a very long time to happen. Already this war has gone on for years with no end in sight. Hamas are not strong enough to wipe out Israel, much as they might wish to. While Israel have the military strength to wipe out Hamas, they can not do so without angering the international community and possibly dragging other countries into the conflict.

But if an agreement could be made where both groups were happy, perhaps if Jerusalem was to be made an International city, with independent Jewish and Arab states established like was proposed many years ago. Then finally this war between Hamas and Israel could end properly, rather than endlessly going on punctuated with the occasional short lived ceasefire.

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On March 25 , during the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, US President Barack Obama said that there is still time for a peaceful and diplomatic solution of the recent dispute that has risen between Israel and Iran, “I believe there is a window of time to solve this diplomatically, but that window is closing,” declared Obama. He also added that although world leaders are ready to give a helping hand to the rebellious nations, they may not wait for too long.

According to his words, the American government is trying to undo some of the political friction between the Middle Eastern countries. Earlier, it was said that the United States intended to provide Israel with military munitions and aerial refueling tankers, on the condition that the Canaan state will not start warlike actions against Iran.

As a whole, the leaders of G8 are putting all their efforts in keeping the present international situation, because a future nuclear conflict in the Middle East could have a destructive effect on the rest of the world.

The strife between Israel and Iran started at the beginning of the new century, when the world media was flooded with sharp remarks, exchanged between the heads of the two states (can you be more specific? what event led to sharp remarks between the heads of state?). Since then, problems in these parts of Asia at one moment subsided, at another intensified again. (this is very generic and has no information value – I’d rather see you focus on explaining the bad relations between the two nations, why they have it out for each other)

The conflict became increasingly volatile in the first months of 2012, when the Israeli embassies in India and Georgia were targeted by Iranian terrorism. Thankfully, due to the fast interference of the police, the car bomb in Georgia was not able to explode. However, in India four people were seriously wounded.

In addition, Iranian agents were arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, after trying to put a bomb on the car of an Israeli official. Even journalists are involved in the bitter war between the Middle Eastern countries. In March this year, Syed Mohammed Kazmi, an Indian journalist, was arrested in New Delhi in connection with the terrorist attacks there.

The old dispute between Israel and Iran is reaching its climax, and will soon burst out in violent and bloody actions, which poses a threat to the safety of the world community. Experts in international and military relationships stated that this future war between Tehran and Jerusalem could turn into a Third World War, which will be much more destructive this time, because it may involve nuclear weapons.

For the time being, the main mission is to find a peaceful solution in the crisis between the two countries. However, recent speculations say that Israel is preparing for military actions in the near months. Their training and preparations will take time, which risk speculators believe is used by the Iranian Air Forces on preparing for the attacks.

No one can be sure of what will be the future development of the Israel-Iran conflict, but one thing is obvious: it will have an annihilating effect at a global level, at least according to specialists in this field.

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