Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for the first sustained pause in conflict in Gaza, according to people familiar with its provisions.
Meanwhile, the White House has responded to a report in the Washington Post which said Israel, Hamas and the US were on the verge of a deal that would see the release of women and children seized by Hamas on 7 October in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting.
A White House spokesperson said no such deal had yet been reached but it was working hard to get one agreed.
More than 100 countries — but, notably, not the United States — have called for a full and immediate cease-fire.
And yet the us brokered the deal.
Just politics. If we’d called for a ceasefire after Bibi said “No ceasefire”, everything we said behind the scenes about a ‘humanitarian pause’ would have fallen on deaf ears. Yet all of those countries, without such high-level diplomatic connections with Israel, are also entirely correct in calling for a ceasefire.
“just politics” is an odd way to dismiss this. Of course it’s politics.
It’s called diplomacy. Israel doesn’t talk to Hamas, it talks to the US who has interests with the Qataris who they talk to. The Qataris talk to Hamas.
Brokered by the US? Yes. Yes it was.
It is a “pause in conflict” so we should assume they’ll continue later.
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This particular conflict is only a century old. But yes, it is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
Adding to the other guy. The whole thing began with the Balfour declaration in 1918 (not sure of the exact date).
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The only “conflict” that has been “happening for a couple millennia” is the one “western civilization” has been waging on Jewish people.
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paedo worshippers.
And who might this be?
I am realistic enough to know that if a cease fire was established it would likely not last long.
No they didn’t. That’s fake news from Washington Post of all places.
Israel pauses genocide for a few days to reduce momentum of protest/boycott movements.
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Or work on better excuses for invading further south
Every step matters.
So, a ceasefire.
A pause implies continuation, ceasefire doesn’t.
A ceasefire is generally a step towards more permanent peace, although obviously they’re also violated quite a bit. A pause implies from the outset that it is temporary to allow civilians to exit combat zones and hopefully for humanitarian aid to reach those in need.
Hamas has said they won’t do that, so has Israel in response.
I’d expect this to last until Hamas fires another rocket into Israel, at which point Israel will go batshit crazy and start returning fire… again.
It’s hard to count on lasting peace when you’re dealing with Hamas who’s openly stating they’re just waiting to do another massacre. Hopefully this lasts long enough to get hostages out and aid supplies in though.
