The sole goal was to put a cease-fire in place and get the two sides cooperating again.
On Friday, as Americans worked to put a cease-fire in place in Iraq, Mr. Bush fished in the bass pond on his ranch with Roland Martin, host of the Outdoor Life Network cable show "Fishing with Roland Martin".
"The opposition, including the Free Syrian Army, says it will comply if the regime does," said Bassma Kodmani, a member of the Syrian National Council's executive committee, adding that opposition groups within Syria were ready to put a cease-fire into effect on Tuesday and not wait until Thursday.
"It's going to be very hard to put a cease-fire back together if the Israelis and the international community can't feel confident Hamas can follow through on a cease-fire commitment," he said.
Nonetheless, at a news conference Thursday night, Mr. Arafat chose language that fell short of actually putting a cease-fire in place.
Israel demanded that any cease-fire arrangement put a stop to the smuggling of weapons from Egypt into Gaza.
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"Hamas is trying to say that the cease-fire is in the interest of Hamas and is in the interest of the Palestinians, that the cease-fire agreement is going to gradually put an end to the siege".
The cease-fire, which started at midnight on Thursday, may finally put an end to the war.
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