The way Hamas has been delaying the deal today, I'm not sure that they have any real interest. They've already delayed by more than three hours. According to the agreement, they have until midnight (GMT+2), so around 5 hours left. I assume that the deal will go through today, but this doesn't bode well for making further exchanges.The ceasefire may extend as both Hamas and Israel appear interested in further exchanges.
Well, that was a post by K1052, but I'll open my yap anyway: That's the way "diplomacy" works, especially between committed enemies. While each side has an interest in making an exchange, each side will be making maximum demands on the other right up to the deadline, hoping the other side will blink first.The way Hamas has been delaying the deal today, I'm not sure that they have any real interest. They've already delayed by more than three hours. According to the agreement, they have until midnight (GMT+2), so around 5 hours left. I assume that the deal will go through today, but this doesn't bode well for making further exchanges.
They conveniently forget that this was a defining characteristic of Nazis.3. and this is the most dangerous, is the systematic dehumanization of Palestinians, so you can do whatever you want with them.
I'm SO surprised . . . not. Both sides wanted this. Last moment posturing and horse trading is a staple of any such negotiations between deeply opposed sides, be they between labor vs. management or the governments of different peoples. You can count on it.After some mediating by Egypt between Israel and Hamas it seems tonight's swap was completed.
Someone really should replace all these houses we are busy destroying.How duplicitous of a snake can one be to say this:
Netanyahu: “I have not seen yet the effort that I’d like to see from the UN and the international agencies to build shelters there [in Gaza]”
“Winter is coming and there is no reason not to erect tens of thousands of tents in the safe zone or next to the safe zone,” he said...
translation: we are appearing no less monstrous than Hamas on the world stage. Lets try to inject a bit of fake compassion here for any idiots out there who still take us seriously.
PM: UN must erect thousands of tents for Palestinians in Gaza
“Winter is coming and there is no reason not to erect tens of thousands of tents in the safe zone or next to the safe zone,” he said.www.jpost.com
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy:
3 principles that enable Israelis to live in peace with the occupation.
1. Most believe they are the chosen people, so they think they have the right to do whatever they want;
2. There were more brutal and longer occupations in history than the Israeli occupation, but there was nowhere where the occupier presented himself as not only the victim but the only victim;
3. and this is the most dangerous, is the systematic dehumanization of Palestinians, so you can do whatever you want with them.
More hostages being released = goodAppears both sides interested in more swaps via a two day extension.
Without US AId the Israeli's cannot continue this
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Budget demands highlight tensions in Israel's wartime coalition
Israeli minister Benny Gantz demanded on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remove all political payouts from a proposed wartime budget, widening a potentially dangerous rift with religious nationalist parties in the government.www.reuters.com
Israeli minister Benny Gantz demanded on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remove all political payouts from a proposed wartime budget, widening a potentially dangerous rift with religious nationalist parties in the government.
Under the coalition agreement Netanyahu struck with Smotrich and the heads of other religious parties after last year's election, billions of dollars are due to be set aside for ultra-Orthodox and far-right-wing pro-settler parties.
Gantz, in a strongly-worded letter to Netanyahu that his office made public, referred to a meeting of the broader cabinet scheduled for Monday that will deal with the proposed budget changes.
Gantz repeated his opposition to the inclusion of "coalition funds" in the proposed budget and said there should be no extra money for purposes beyond the war effort or supporting economic growth.
Should the meeting take place and the budget remain as is, Gantz said his faction would "vote against the proposed budget and weigh its next steps".
paying off the ultra-orthodox and exempting them from service is just mindblowing
(In 2020, the ultra-Orthodox population in Israel numbered approximately 1,175,000, representing 12.6% of the total population.)
Cabinet shields Haredi youth from military draft, 5 days before exemption law expiry
Defense minister will order the military not to enforce conscription of religious scholars until March 31, 2024, by which time the government plans to have passed a new lawwww.timesofisrael.com
Since October 7, Israeli attacks have killed at least 5,500 children, according to Palestinian officials. That is one Palestinian child killed every 10 minutes, or about one out of every 200 children in the Gaza Strip.
An additional 1,800 children are missing under the rubble, most of them presumed dead.
Modern powerful military blunders into a one way dead end because of poor political decisions from the top. Sounds kind of familiar. Good article - thanks!Interesting article from The Times saying Israel's not doing so well
After 50 days, Israel has lost control of the war
The longer the ceasefire lasts, says Michael Clarke, a visiting professor in defence studies at King’s College London, the greater will be the pressure on the war cabinet in Tel Aviv to keep hostage exchanges goingwww.thetimes.co.uk
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Yeah hard to not see this as terrorismSome Updates i saw:
Jewish groups criticize Pope on 'terrorism' remark, seek clarification
Jewish groups have criticised Pope Francis and demanded clarifications over his comments that they saw as accusing both Hamas and Israel of "terrorism".www.reuters.com
Pope Francis calling it terrorism not sitting well with Israel
Israel threatens to shut down one of the main Israeli newspapers for not being 'Patriotic' enough....