The insistence of the British Government that it was working closely with the French authorities to end the incursions did not prevent the outbreak of a blame game with the French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, accusing Eurotunnel of having previously slashed its security presence in Calais and British hauliers demanding the deployment of the French army to protect drivers.
Nonetheless, even a symbolic increase in international peacekeepers -- there are now a few dozen in place -- could usefully signal the international community's determination that Pakistan put an end to the incursion into Indian territory.
"Arafat is not in a position now to go to the people and ask for a cease-fire until the Israelis end their incursion," he said.
The Israeli Army on Tuesday ended the latest iteration of its incursion into Gaza in an effort to stop mortar firing from Khan Yunis into the very Gaza settlements Mr. Sharon wants to dismantle.
Israel must not end its incursion into Gaza unless this objective is fully realized.
A solution to the Palestinian Problem will not end militant incursions into "Indian Occupied" Kashmir, bombing in Mumbai or in Bali, unrest among the Uighurs, or the standoff in Darfur (C).
As such, NATO was powerless to stop the incursions.
At a news conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Mr. Powell said a cease-fire would be relevant only "when the incursion ends, when the withdrawals have been completed".
Obama earlier said Russian forces must end "incursions" into its ex-Soviet neighbor, while Putin renewed his accusation that the new leadership in Kiev, brought to power by an uprising that toppled his elected Ukrainian ally last month, were failing to protect Russian-speakers from violent Ukrainian nationalists.
He had earlier said that elections were conditional on Israel ending its incursions into the West Bank, but said today that he would not stick to that condition.
