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Durable Gaza truce 1st step in ME peace: Hillary

Israel ready to hit Gaza anew over rocket fire, warns Livni

AFP, Jerusalem
A lasting Gaza truce is the first step towards Middle East peace but cannot happen unless Hamas halts rocket attacks, visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Jerusalem yesterday.
"The first step right now, not waiting for a new government, is a durable ceasefire. But that can only be achieved if Hamas ceases the rocket attacks," Hillary Clinton said at a press conference with Israeli Foreign MinisterTkipi Livni.
"These attacks must stop and so must the smuggling of weapons into Gaza," she added.
Hillary Clinton went on to affirm Washington's commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying that, regardless of the makeup of Israel's next government, working
towards such a solution was "inescapable."
As foreign minister Livni led US-sponsored peace talks with the Palestinians that were relaunched in November 2007, but the two sides made little progress and the talks came to a halt after the outbreak of the Gaza war in December.
US President Barack Obama has nevertheless vowed to actively pursue the peace process and has appointed a spe cial envoy, veteran diplomat George Mitchell, to coax both sides back to the negotiating table.
But Israel's next government will likely be a right-wing coalition led by hawkish former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who has said he will focus on building up the Palestinian economy instead of immediately pushing for a final settlement.
Meanwhile, Israel warned yesterday
tliat it will not shy away from hitting Hamas run Gaza again if rocket fire from the enclave continues.
The threat came as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kicked off her first official visit to the Jewish state aiming to push forward hobbled Middle East peace talks.
"If it turns out that Hamas has not got the message, it will be hit again," outgoing Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told public radio hours before meeting Clinton in Jerusalem.
Israel launched a devastating war on Gaza on December 27 in response to rocket fire, an offensive that killed more than 1.30Q Palestinians and 13 Israelis in 22 days.
Hamas and Israel both announced unilateral ceasefires on January 18, which have largely held despite violations by both sides.