The International Herald Tribune reports that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has held a conversation with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak about a possible ceasefire in Gaza, which Barak says he will consider, since “‘the target of this operation is an improved cease-fire, and if that can come without the invasion, fine,’ said a close aide to Barak, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he is not Barak’s authorized spokesman.”
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News story, GenevaLunch, 31 December 2008.
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