PM Spokesman Regev to IMRA: Palestinians can do everything but shoot

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 19 June, 2008

IMRA asked Mark Regev, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Foreign Press Adviser,
the following question in English, on 19 June 2009 five hours after the
"calm understanding" went into effect in the Gaza Strip:

Is the manufacture and assembly of rockets prohibited in the Gaza Strip
during the calm period and if so is this an actionable violation - Israel
has the right to act against such activity?

Mark Regev called back shortly later with the following statement:

The understanding with Egypt talks explicitly about the total cessation of
hostile fire from Gaza into Israel and about an arms embargo on Hamas. That's
what the agreement explicitly relates to.

IMRA: So they can run their rocket production and assembly lines inside the
Gaza Strip without it being a violation of the agreement.

Regev: Once again. They cannot import any military equipment into Gaza for
the production process.

IMRA: Right. But whatever they have at hand they can use to manufacture
and assemble.

Regev: They cannot shoot it.

IMRA: They can't shoot it. Very good.

Now they can also set up bunkers. They can bring in bulldozers and
equipment and set up bunkers lining the border with Israel and build tunnels
as long as they don't go through them and as long as they don't shoot from
them Right?

Regev: They cannot shoot at us.

IMRA: They can't shoot but they can do everything else.

Regev: That's what the agreement is about. You are correct.

IMRA: Thank you very much.

Regev: Always a pleasure sir.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
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