(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) To break the violent impasse, Israel must change its policy toward Hamas and work toward a lasting ceasefire, recognising how much its own stability depends on the stability of Gaza, the International Crisis Group, ICG, said in a report released Monday.
Titled "Gaza and Israel: new obstacles, new solutions," the report examines scenarios that could result from the fighting and outlines the conditions necessary to ensure a more stable cessation of violence.
The report underlines that a ceasefire in a political framework is the only way to prevent violence from unravelling as fast as previous ones. "No lasting arrangement can be reached without Egypt. Despite Hamas's poor relations with Egypt, the sooner Cairo accelerates its role, the sooner the conflict can end," it said.
The report opines that Hamas should ensure, in tacit cooperation with the new government, acceptance and maintenance of the ceasefire by all Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip.
It says that the Palestinian Authority (PA) should help arrange for payment of the roughly 43,000 Gaza government employees hired
under Hamas who are not receiving their salaries.
The report calls for deployment of PA security forces at border crossings to facilitate the movement of goods to Gaza and of people to Israel and Egypt.
Lastly, the ICG suggests that the US should continue to support the reconciliation government, and Israel should cooperate with it to resolve Gaza's most pressing problems, including energy, water and sanitation.
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