By Barak Ravid and Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondents: Israel, Egypt negotiate terms of new Gaza truce
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Title:To Mark of Lewiston #2 `Last Ceasefire was a ruse`
Name:Colin Wright
City: RichmondState: California
`The last cease-fire was a ruse while the IDF prepared Cast Lead.

What makes Barak more credible this time?`

Obama is president rather than Bush -- that`s what makes Barak more creditable.

The limits of Israel`s actions are always determined by the situation in Washington -- and one can count on Israel to go exactly as far as the US will let it.

This has been true since 1948.