CNN news 2012-11-27 加文本

cnn news 2012-11-27

There has been a break in the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians. A ceasefire started to take hold last week. And the two sides are scheduled to meet today in Egypt where they'll discuss what they want as part of a longer term peace deal. The most recent conflict last 8 days in mid November and led dozens Palestinians and 6 Israelis dead. Palestinians fired rockets from the region of Gaza that exploded in Israeli communities. And Israel launched airstrikes targeting Palestinian militants that also cause civilian casualties. Israeli forces had been preparing for a possible invasion of Gaza last week that's when the U.S., the U.N. and Egypt got involved helping get the two sides to agree to a ceasefire. That happened last Wednesday and though there has been some limited fighting since then. The ceasefire appears to be holding.

Egypt meanwhile is having some trouble of its own in the capital city of Cairo where massive protests led to the ouster of its former leader in 2011. There were clashes yesterday. They were between protesters and government forces. Many Egyptians are angry with their new President Mohamed Morsi. Last Thursday, Morsi issued this edict that basically says any decree or law that he has made since he took office can not be overturned by the Egyptian courts until the new constitution is finished. That can happen in six month and that along with some of other actions has some Egyptians calling him a dictator. Morsi is promising his new powers are only temporary.

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