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Israel, Hamas agree on first phase of ceasefire, hostage release
- raincole 1y agoGiven the track record, I think we all know to wait and see.
- igravious 1y agoAgreed.
- lschueller 1y agoGood news
- igravious 1y agoI don't dare to hope.
- bobxmax 1y agoThank god. Finally an end (for now) to the bloodshed. Hopefully an opportunity to take that psycho Netanyahu out of office (and to the Hague, where he should rot)
- SilverElfin 1y agoI am cautiously optimistic. But also curious what this community thinks about Trump‘s role. If this progresses, does he deserve a Nobel peace prize for it? Or is it more that other nations in the region applied pressure for Hamas to accept a deal?
- falcor84 1y agoBeing the figurative 800-pound gorilla in the room, it seems to me that he was indeed able to put sufficient pressure on both sides to get them to agree. Obviously it's still too early to know if it will last, but if it does, and if he can then somehow put pressure to get actual normalization between Israel and the rest of the Middle East, then I would personally chip in to get him the Nobel.
- tguvot 1y agonormalization between israel, SA and other countries were on fast track till oct 7. One of the goals of hamas was to prevent it https://archive.is/IYqT4 https://archive.is/IYqT4
- SilverElfin 1y agoI remember this. If I resell, Saudi Arabia was ready to formally recognize Israel and establish mutual diplomatic relations. A huge deal, and the timing of October 7 seems too exact to be coincidental. The attack did work - polls show the citizenry of Saudi Arabia is overwhelmingly aligned with Hamas, with over 95% denying the atrocities (murder, rape, mutilation) of October 7.
- tguvot 1y agosaudi government will massage messaging in official press, a bit of repressions and will sign agreement with israel. iirc prior to oct 7 those voices that were too much against signing agreement with israel were spanked. or maybe it was in ae. don't remember exactly
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- ebbi 1y agoLet's hope Israel actually sticks to this ceasefire deal this time.
- myth_drannon 1y agoThat won't happen. Hamas will not disarm. So Trump promised F-35s to Qatar and Turkey and they managed to strong arm hamas into releasing the hostages. But the rest of agreement will not happen. Basically no one in Israel believes in that, NO ONE. For Hamas it's too sweet of a deal to trap Israel again into bombing campaigns since its power comes from deaths of its own people ( specially on the international stage) and also the coming elections in Israel, Netanyahu will need to show that Hamas is going to be eradicated (and with hostages back, the "left" will not have any problems with that).
- bobxmax 1y agoQuite an odd request to ask Hamas to disarm.
- raxxorraxor 1y agoIt absolutely isn't. They attacked Israel, got defeated and usually you would require an unconditional surrender. Basic laws of warfare. Hamas is an exception because it believes in martyr death and would drag the whole population in Gaza with them. That is new and unprecedented.
- bobxmax 1y agoYou're right. Mandela and the ANC should've disarmed. Basic laws of warfare.
- raxxorraxor 1y agoI am very excited to hear how that is relevant or comparable.
- ukblewis 1y agoNo idea why this was flagged… It is political, sure, but so have numerous anti-Israel stories that have been unflagged and shown on the homepage
- volleyball 1y agoKnowing the Israelis and their history (both recent and otherwise), There is a good chance that this will be a repeat of the charade that was Trump's first ceasefire in January. Like then, Israel will probably wait to get all the hostages it can during phase one and then promptly resume their war on Palestine while blaming khamas for scuttling the deal. Their finance minister Smotrich has already spoken to that effect : “Immediately after the hostages return home, the state of Israel will continue to strive with all its might for the true eradication of Hamas and the genuine disarmament of Gaza, so that it no longer poses a threat to Israel,” Netanyahu has also made it quite clear (in Hebrew) that he has no intention of following through on the deal - of leaving the gaza, west bank, of allowing Hamas or the Palestinian Authority to rule or any possibility of a future Palestinian state. And the 'peace deal' that was co-written by Netanyahu during his recent visit with Trump at the white house is also framed to ensure the same outcome. The choice facing the Palestinians is genocide, ethnic cleansing or continued imprisonment in the most moral concentration camp in the world. Meanwhile Netanyahu who is facing postponed elections , a postponed October-7 investigation, postponed corruption trial and postponed jail-time has every incentive in the world to keep the war going or start a new one in Iran, Lebanon, Syria or Yemen. And he will likely drag the United states into it all because Netanyahu owns Trump and the republicans. [1] - https://aje.io/kfptet?update=4020328 https://aje.io/kfptet?update=4020328 [2] - https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1972844833094983790 https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1972844833094983790 https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1972844833094983790 https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1972844833094983790
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