Just enough time to re-supply the support lines.

. . .who, apparently made the 12-hour proposal . . .

Sec. Kerry speaking to reporters on the 25th:


____ We don’t yet have that final framework, but I will tell you this: None of us here are stopping. We are going to continue the conversations. And right now, before I came in here tonight, I had conversations with people on both sides of this conflict. Just spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu, who made it clear that he wants to try to find this way forward. I think the Secretary-General, who has graciously called for a 12-hour cease-fire, will speak in a moment about that possibility and where it will go. And Prime Minister Netanyahu’s indicated his willingness to do that as a good-faith down payment and to move forward. And I’m grateful to the Secretary-General for his leadership in that regard.

But in the end, the only way that this issue is going to be resolved, this conflict, is for the parties to be able to come together and work through it as people have in conflicts throughout history. And it’s our hope, and we intend to do everything possible. Tomorrow, I will be in Paris, where I will meet with some of our counterparts, my counterparts, and where I will also meet with other players who are important to this discussion in an effort to be able to try to see if we can narrow the gap. And Prime Minister Netanyahu is committed to try to help do that over the course of the next day.

So we begin with at least the hope of a down payment on a cease-fire, with the possibility of extension, a real possibility in the course of tomorrow. And hopefully, if we can make some progress, the people in this region who deserve peace can find at least one step towards that elusive goal.


more: http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/07/229803.htm

More Power to John Kerry

.... it is a start. From the little I could gleen from news reports it seems that Sec. Kerry
was working every angle and source he could and was trying to do it quitely too.

Thanx for your post.

Arriving in Paris, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with European foreign ministers to find ways of building on Saturday's 12-hour ceasefire

Israel agrees to extend Gaza war truce by 4 hours

America and the world lost so much with those two stolen election in 2000 and 2004.

U.S. Embassy France @USEmbassyFrance · 6h
@JohnKerry is greeted by France's Foreign Minister, @LaurentFabius, Quai d'Orsay, Paris, July 26.#Gaza




Department of State @StateDept · 3h
Secretary @JohnKerry joins Foreign Minister @LaurentFabius for talks on #Gaza in Paris. More: http://go.usa.gov/5XdY




Department of State @StateDept · 2h
France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Turkey, the UK & the US hold talks on #Gaza in Paris. Photos: https://flic.kr/p/obRhvZ




Department of State @StateDept · 2h
Secretary @JohnKerry discusses #Gaza with @MFATurkey's @A_Davutoglu_eng in Paris. Photos: https://flic.kr/p/othBZ7




Department of State @StateDept · 24m
@JohnKerry's remarks with Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu and Qatari FM Khalid al-Attiyah after their meeting in Paris: http://go.usa.gov/575Y




Department of State @StateDept · 7m
.@JohnKerry: I express appreciation for Foreign Ministers Attiyah, Davutolgu's work on #Gaza. http://go.usa.gov/575Y


Department of State @StateDept · 7s
.@JohnKerry: Palestinians need to live with dignity, a life that is free from current restraints, free from violence. http://go.usa.gov/575Y


Department of State @StateDept · 5s
Secretary @JohnKerry in Paris: Israelis need to live free from rockets and from tunnels that threaten them. http://go.usa.gov/575Y #Gaza

Kerry might turn out to be one of the best Sec. of States we have had. He is smart,
fluent in French, and he has been around the block afew times.