Jerusalem (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looked weary and despondent at his much-delayed Cairo news conference Friday evening. Five days of shuttling through the region and endless phone calls to multiple parties had come to nothing. Having begun the year with a vision for a lasting Middle East peace, Kerry had been unable to push through a weeklong cease-fire in Gaza.

Progress had been made, he insisted; a concept was in place. But the terminology, and especially the sequence of any steps toward a lasting cease-fire, were not there.

Kerry did at least get Israel and the Palestinians to agree on one thing: that Washington had botched the process.

The Palestinians were furious they were not even invited to follow-up talks in Paris on Saturday. No talks could "bypass the PLO as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people," the Palestinian Authority declared. Israeli officials were angry that various drafts of the cease-fire ageeement were short on guarantees for Israel's security. Even as Kerry made last-gasp efforts in Cairo, Israel's Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz was on CNN dismissing the plan, and saying, "Hamas and Qatar want a cease-fire that legitimizes terrorism."

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/28/world/gaza-cease-fire-analysis/index.html

Qatar? The wealthy Gulf emirate has thrust itself (and partner Turkey) into an ever muddier process by becoming the intermediary with Hamas. This annoys the Egyptians and the Palestinians as much as it does the Israelis, and speaks to a deeper rift in the Arab world.

Qatar is important because its checkbook keeps Hamas afloat, paying the salaries of government workers and investing in Gaza's rehabilitation. But it has little presence on the ground in Gaza and is deeply distrusted by both Egypt and Israel for its promotion of the Muslim Brotherhood. Its involvement in the process further deters Israel from signing on.

Na wa o!evry nations turns
Worst afta war irrespective who is termed winner!

Speaking in Pete Edochies voice

[size=20pt]When 2 Lunatics fights, it takes a 3rd strong Lunatic to end it![/size]

This is exactly where we need the USA and not taking sides, there are just few pictures,
Many have died, many are dying, many will die.
Even during cease-fire, Hamas still fires rockets...

See full grown man crying... Soldier sef cry.

I wonder how the government will take care of post war trauma on the kids.

I just land naija from Palestine .