Despite a 72-hour ceasefire starting early Tuesday morning, supposedly to give way to negotiations in Cairo on a settlement of the conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to rule out ending the Gaza War.
Dismissing the negotiations, Netanyahu insisted the military operation would continue until the entire Gaza Strip became “calm,” and that there would be no cessation of fire before that.
Even during Monday’s humanitarian “ceasefire,” Israel never really ceased fire, and continued to pound refugee camps around Rafah, killing more civilians, including an eight-year-old girl.
The death toll continues to mount, with at least 1,938 killed now, and 9,500 wounded. In both cases, the toll is overwhelmingly (84%) civilian in nature. The Israeli toll remains unchanged at 67 killed, 64 of them soldiers.
A deal to end the war seems extremely unlikely at this point, with Israel talking up the possibility of unilaterally ending the war at some unspecified future date as a viable alternative to making any concessions to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza itself.
Still, Israel has agreed to send a delegation to Cairo for negotiations, and that means a deal is at least theoretically possible, assuming this ceasefire doesn’t end like the last 72-hour ceasefire, 75 minutes in, with Israeli soldiers attacking a tunnel and then complaining that return fire from Hamas fighters inside the tunnel constituted a “violation.”
Netanyahoo and the Israelis are not interested in a ceasefire. All they are interested in is eliminating the Palestinians from the land the Israelis claim god bequeathed to them. And with the Israelis leadership rife with ultra-nationalists overwhelmingly invested in the genocide of the indigenous peoples, a ceasefire is neither near nor possible – unless you buy into the Israelis definition of "ceasefire."
Yeah, and the media continue to run with that one sided "ceasefire," Israel call for a ceasefire, but the Israeli soldiers is allowed to shoot and bombed without any form of retaliation from Hamas…..that's the new definition for a ceasefire.
Prolonged dirt naps for all the maniacs who are allowing this genocide.
Genocide? How about Democide, instead (see: http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/GENOCIDE.HTM )?
Democide better describes these murderous acts solely committed by the government of Israel that treats Palestinians like animals culled and butchered one by one.
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Israel ass kissers only approve of genocide if it's done by Israel. The ancient Hebrews commited genocide against the Amalekites, the Canaanites and probably others that lived in present day Israel, the West Bank & Gaza. Now, Israel takes land from the Palestinians and is commiting genocide in Gaza. It was wrong for the Egyptians to enslave the Hebrews and wrong for the Palestinians to drive the Israelis from their land centuries ago. Now it's wrong for Israel to take land from the Palestinians and the Golan Heights from Syria. Israel takes water from the Palestinians and destroys their farms and should quit doing that and give them a Marshall Plan.
God Forbid people stop looking the other way.
Genocide is genocide, whether Israeli jews and other jews and brainless gentiles vocally support it or not.
It's funny (well it would be if not so sad) that the brainwashed masses of American idiots who have had HOLOCAUST ™ drummed into their heads from the early years onward by the Hollywood-corporate-media complex, cannot understand now you gave Jewey Jewman his own nation and look what he does?
Will no one save the Palestinian children?
Considering what the Israeli government is doing to Gaza, 9-11 suddenly becomes no big deal.
I wonder if anyone- ANYONE- in Hollywood will put their money where their mouth is and make an honest feature film (in the same film style as 'Blackhawk Down'- gritty and pulling no punches on the look of war) regarding the events of this latest incursion into Gaza by the IDF. Tell the story from Gaza's point of view, and let's not forget to include the actual venomous rhetoric of Netanyahu and Lieberman and Co. spewed during this entire sordid event.
I was interested in what the new generation of Qassam rockets look like, so I Googled 'qassam rockets in gaza' – and I about fell out of my seat laughing at how non-threatening these tinkertoy weapons appear. I know they have a warhead, and I know if you're close enough to the impact you might be injured- but I mean, really, comparing a present-generation Qassam to a Hobby Lobby model rocketry kit is pretty appropriate. I was expecting some imposing beast, at least the size of an older Soviet SA-4, but noooo we have 5-foot tall Crayola Crayons being fired from what appears to be fold-up tripods- and no guidance system or targeting mechanisms in sigh- AND in at least one of the pictures, some hapless Hamas lackey is lighting one off with a match! One of the photos shows a Hamas lackey carrying a Qassam on his shoulder- and the warhead is so crookedly affixed it looks like it's about to fall off. Some talking head on tv this weekend was talking about the new Qassams costing upwards of $60K per copy and where in the world were they getting the money to build these monstrous weapons- but obviously he wasn't looking at the same Qassams I was seeing. The ones I saw were pretty pathetic- I was sort of embarrassed for the Hamas guys who think they're something when they send these things on their way (as for cost, I'm thinking the whole shebang could be assembled from parts at Home Depot for less than $50 tops). But, they ARE resisting with whatever means they have on hand- I just wish the American public would be treated to a good look at the rockets so they could see what a minute threat these are to Israel.