With the government having previously rejected the proposal weeks ago, Israel’s Channel 10 is reporting Wednesday that Israel is now “strong considering” a long-term ceasefire agreement with Hamas. The proposal would end tunnel building and rocket fire in return for easing border blockades.
Previously, Israel had issued a series of demands which made any deal conditional on the full disarmament of Hamas, and the Gaza Strip being placed under Palestinian Authority control. Those demands are no longer an obstacle.
Rather, the recent health problems of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has Israeli officials believing their demands are no longer practical. They are now exploring the deal without any preconditions.
The ceasefire proposal is being pushed by Egypt and Qatar. Though Israeli officials aren’t publicly talking about it, growing international embarrassment related to protests at the Gaza border is likely informing the Israeli decision to at least discuss the possibility.
The terribly stupid and unsuccessful Gaza invasion of Israel by Hamas was not a “protest,” let alone a “peaceful protest.” It was not even a riot; it was a terribly stupid and unsuccessful invasion of Israel by Hamas. Here below is Hamas Co-Founder Mahmoud Al-Zahar proudly admitting that the Hamas protests in Gaza are not “peaceful”: “when we talk about ‘peaceful resistance’ we are deceiving the public.” Here below also is a video of a captured Gazan who also revealed the “protest” tactics of Hamas which true created, organized, directed, orchestrated and choreographed the “protests.” Here below also are numerous videos of Hamas and Gazans admitting the truth of the Gaza “protests” of Hamas:
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/34009/Default.aspx
https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/05/17/05/49/hamas-says-most-slain-gaza-protesters-were-its-members
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/VIDEO-Captured-terrorist-exposes-Hamas-tactics-on-Gaza-border-556665
https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-caught-at-gaza-fence-hamas-plans-riots-so-people-wont-revolt/
What is the intent of the alleged “peaceful” Hamas protests? Their intent is the longstanding intent of Hamas. Here is Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh stating: “we must behead ALL Jews, and to crush INFANT skulls all day. To be heroic is to target the babies of the Jews. . . a greater friend to us Palestinians is Hitler.” These are the “peaceful” Gazan protests and the “peaceful protesters”:
THAT’S RIGHT: THE LEADER OF HAMAS WANTS TO “CRUSH (JEWISH) INFANT SKULLS ALL DAY” AND TO “TARGET THE BABIES OF THE JEWS.”
Here is Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar encouraging the “peaceful” protesters what to do at the protests: “TEAR OUT THEIR (JEWS’) HEARTS FROM THEIR BODIES.” These are the “peaceful” Gazan protests and the “peaceful protesters.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klFbf6VG7uA&feature=youtu.be
Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh states in this video, lest anyone deny that Hamas organizes, directs, orchestrates and choreographs the alleged protests and deny the true intent of the Gazan protests: “Hamas is the canon, and we are the ammunition.” These are “peaceful” Gazan protests and “peaceful protesters.” https://youtu.be/y2m_gy-rD_s
Here is the Hamas leader Khaled Mash’al declaring the murder of Americans: “Oh Americans, ALLAH WILL PUNISH YOU. The time has come for ALLAH TO DECLARE WAR ON YOU. . . DEATH TO AMERICA.” The video goes on to show Hamas leader Fathi Hammad stating: “killing a single Jew is the same as killing 30 million Jews.” The video goes on to show Hamas-Gaza cleric Mushen Abu ‘Ita stating: “The annihilation of Jews here in Palestine is one of the most splendid blessings for Palestine” These are the “peaceful” Gazan protests and the “peaceful protesters.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW4RMCO5hQk
Because of its murderous Anti-Semitism, YouTube was forced to remove this Hamas-Gaza cleric video to his supportive Gazan audience in which he encourages the Gazan Protests: “the best way to describe the record of the Prophet’s treatment of the Jews is one of violence and force toward the Jews. . . I call upon every Muslim: Do not stand idly by and let those Jews spread corruption upon the land. [You must] carry out glorious deeds against them. One of the greatest duties, and one of the best forms of worship in our day, is to fight those Jews.” These are the “peaceful” Gazan protests and the “peaceful protesters.” https://www.memri.org/reports/youtube-censors-memri-removes-%E2%80%93-harmful-or-dangerous-content-%E2%80%93-memri-tv-translated-clip
This Hamas-Gaza cleric states to his supportive Gazan audience the true intent of the protests: “we must return to [our land] – above ground, underground, by means of demonstrations, bombs, weapons, explosives, explosive belts.” These are the “peaceful” Gazan protests and the “peaceful protesters.” https://www.memri.org/tv/hamas-cleric-abu-funun-we-must-return-to-our-land-using-bombs-explosive-belts
This Hamas-Gaza cleric states to his supportive Gazan audience the true intent of the protests: “the Great Return March. . . is a form of Jihad. It does not eliminate the need for Jihad by the sword, by missiles, and by rockets. They go hand in hand.” These are “peaceful” Gazan protests and “peaceful protesters.” https://www.memri.org/tv/gaza-friday-sermon-abu-jleidan-return-march-form-of-jihad-jews-philosophers-of-terrorism-and-crime
This Hamas-Gaza cleric states to his supportive Gazan audience: “this chapter sentences the Jews to extermination”; “the blessing will come with the destruction of the Jews.” These are the “peaceful” Gazan protests and the “peaceful protesters.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUG-Q2lp20s&feature=youtu.be
This Hamas-Gaza cleric states to his supportive Gazan audience: “we will destroy the Jews. . . we will exterminate you.. . we will not leave of you even one.” These are the “peaceful” Gazan protests and the “peaceful protesters.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJNdDzweqbY
Here is a “peaceful” sweet Gaza Grandmother having her picnic at the “peaceful” protest and shouting: “we roll tires towards the dirty Jews so we can burn them.” These are the “peaceful” Gazan protests and the “peaceful protesters.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbIZmd8hKAQ
For other violent videos about Gazans wanting to murder Jews, see:
FOR HAMAS:
https://www.memri.org/search-results?keywords=hamas&content_type%5Barticle%5D=article
FOR GAZA:
https://www.memri.org/search-results?keywords=gaza&content_type%5Barticle%5D=article
FOR OTHER MUSLIM ANTISEMITISM:
https://www.memri.org/subjects/antisemitism-documentation-project
Here is a small slice of the recent actual violence from these alleged “peaceful” Gaza protesters at their alleged “peaceful” protest:
Here are “peaceful” Gazan protesters identifying with Nazis during their “peaceful” protest: http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/04/08/nazi-flags-are-waving-in-gaza-prime-minister-says-in-wake-of-deadly-border-riots/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5638821/Palestinian-women-standing-men-protests-likely-shot-at.html
Here is one group of alleged “peaceful” Gaza protesters who blew themselves up along with their explosives on their way to the alleged Gaza “peaceful” protest – stupid idiots: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians/four-palestinian-militants-dead-in-gaza-blast-idUSKBN1HL0TH
Here are the fires which these “peaceful” Gazan protesters cause in Israel with their incendiary kites, all of which are aimed at destroying Israel: https://youtu.be/AIU2jCPu_wE
Here are the attempted plantings of explosives by these “peaceful” Gazan protesters on the Israeli border, all of which are aimed at destroying Israel: http://hamodia.com/…/idf-thwarts-attempts-arabs-cross…/
Here are the explosives thrown at Israelis by these “peaceful” Gazan protesters, all of which is aimed at destroying Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-gaza-protesters-hurl-explosives-firebombs-try-to-damage-fence/
Here are the attempts by these “peaceful” Gazan protesters to enter Israel with weapons, all of which are aimed at destroying Israel: https://koztimes.com/on-the-border-with-gaza-arrested-an-armed-intruder-with-a-knife/3965/
Here are the numerous attempts to destroy the border fence by these “peaceful” Gazan protesters, all of which are aimed at destroying Israel: https://www.memri.org/tv/fence-cutters-unit-gaza-proclaims-victory-or-martyrom
Here are the attempts by these “peaceful” Gazan protesters to attempt to abduct Israeli soldiers, all of which are aimed at destroying Israel: https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/05/02/idf-chief-we-have-foiled-several-abduction-attempts-on-gaza-border/
Here is one allegedly wounded Gazan protester jumping off his stretcher immediately after he thinks that his being filmed on the stretcher has stopped; such fake news: https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-gazan-wounded-by-idf-gets-off-stretcher-when-filming-stops/
The violence of Gazans even includes their own destruction of THEIR side of the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing while Hamas personal looked on and did nothing. This eliminates not only oil and gas supplies into Gaza, which are running out after a day, but also eliminating the delivery of ALL other supplies into Gaza from this crossing. The only other border crossing is Egypt’s Rafah Border Crossing which currently is closed and which Egypt interestingly consistently refuses to open to help its fellow Muslims in Gaza, so Gazans are responsible for destroying their ONLY source of ALL supplies into Gaza – stupid is as stupid does: https://apnews.com/19392bf8ebd543118c3b14aa956a4127
Besides condoning the destruction of the only currently open crossing into Gaza, Hamas even turns away truckloads of humanitarian aid to Gazans – stupid is as stupid does:
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hamas-turns-away-truckloads-of-Israeli-humanitarian-aid-destined-for-Gaza-556565
https://www.westernjournal.com/israel-sends-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza-strip-hamas-turns-it-away/
Gazans are no different from Hamas, which they elected to represent them in 2006. Article 7 of the 1986 Hamas “Covenant” states: “the Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (KILLING THE JEWS), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, THERE IS A JEW BEHIND ME COME AND KILL HIM.” That is what Gaza, which voted this political organization into power in 2006, wants: to murder every Jew, man, woman and child, wherever they may be.
Here is the violent Anti-Semitism of Hamas to murder Jews: http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=345
https://www.adl.org/news/article/hamas-in-their-own-words
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/may/15/hamasandantisemitism
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/12653/hamas-leader-religious-duty-massacre-jews/
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=1062&fld_id=1062&doc_id=3857
https://www.memri.org/reports/writer-hamas-mouthpiece-holocaust-exists-only-israeli-tales-%E2%80%93-and-minds-supporters
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245917
Here are “peaceful” Gazans teaching children to murder Jews:
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=472&fld_id=473&doc_id=1340
http://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-kids-put-on-play-about-stabbing-killing-israelis/
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/18264/
Here is a “peaceful” Gazan singer with a video about murdering Jews: https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/60821/watch-hamas-releases-music-video-encouraging-terrorists-blow-roof-off-bus-terror-watch/
Here are “peaceful” Gazans praising the murder of Jews: http://www.thetower.org/visiting-gaza-hitler-praising-qatari-cleric-qaradawi-tells-hamas-destroy-israel-inch-by-inch-thru-jihad-to-death/
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=8091
http://www.newsweek.com/hamas-praises-west-bank-attack-israel-launches-manhunt-rabbis-killers-776518
Here are “peaceful” Gazans wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, not building Gazan infrastructure, but building tunnels through which they will murder Jews. Gazans identify with Hamas enough to give Hamas hundreds of millions of Gaza dollars to build tunnels to murder Jews: http://www.thetower.org/1201-hamas-spending-140-million-a-year-to-build-tunnels-again-using-child-workers/
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/israel-says-it-destroys-hamas-tunnel-network-in-gaza
Here is the violent anti-Semitism of Gazan employees of the United Nations no less: https://www.unwatch.org/130-page-report-unrwa-teachers…/
http://www.thetower.org/2265-unrwa-schools-facebook-page-encourages-palestinians-to-kill-jews-with-cars/
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Palestinian-text-books-in-UNWRA-schools-reportedly-teach-of-killing-Jews-472012
For those who claim that Hamas has not created, organized, directed, orchestrated and choreographed the Gazan protests, ponder the following:
https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/05/17/05/49/hamas-says-most-slain-gaza-protesters-were-its-members
https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-caught-at-gaza-fence-hamas-plans-riots-so-people-wont-revolt/
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/VIDEO-Captured-terrorist-exposes-Hamas-tactics-on-Gaza-border-556665
The violent protests of Gaza are the violent protests of Hamas. The violent, murderous Anti-Semitism of Hamas is the violent, murderous Anti-Semitism of Gaza. Gaza is Hamas, Hamas is Gaza. They are one and the same violent, murderous Anti-Semitism.
The breathtaking stupidity of the Gazans may be appreciated by how very well Hamas actually assists Israel in the destruction of Hamas by its own protests. Israel has a simple four word rule: “approach Border – get shot.” Anyone who stupidly chooses to approach the Border also stupidly chooses, by that stupid act, to be shot: cause = effect; stupid is as stupid does.
The constant orders by Hamas for Gazans to approach the Border ironically actually are helping Israel against Hamas because those stupid Gazans who choose to approach the Border are injured or killed and, therefore, are eliminated, not only as a possible present threat to Israel, but also eliminated as a possible future threat to Israel. Because they will continue to be eliminated as a present and future threat for as long as the protests continue, the continuation of the protests by Hamas will continue to help Israel reduce future threats since Hamas is slaughtering the ranks of its own alleged “army” by its pathetic protests. Israel does not have to check papers or computer information to determine the present and future threat potential of those Gazans who approach the Border. Israel only has to see which suicidal idiots approach the Border to know their present and future threat potential.
Stupid is as stupid does, and stupid is Hamas and Gaza for a “Baker’s Dozen” reasons: (1) actually creating for Israel this Darwinian “Natural Selection” of the elimination of present and future Gazan terrorists by Hamas ordering the “Natural Selection” of where Gazans should walk, which enables Israel to eliminate them as future threats; (2) not one Israeli soldier has sustained even one small, shallow paper cut as a result of the protests; (3) in contrast, over 100 deaths and thousands of injuries to Gazans; (4) those few protesters who actually penetrate the Border (and always only a few meters) are either shot or caught or both, which completely destroys Hamas’ alleged great “March of Return” as it truly is a “March of Turn Around” in Gaza; (5) the protests have not changed the daily lives of Gazans in any way whatsoever; (6) the protests had no effect on the May 14 opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem to which no less than 32 countries accepted an invitation to attend; (7) the protests will have no effect on the recent opening of the Guatemala Embassy and next week’s opening of the Paraguay Embassy in Jerusalem; (8) the protests will have no effect on many other future Embassies in Jerusalem; (9) the protests had no effect on the lives of the people of Israel; (10) the protests attest to the completely destructive governance of Gaza by Hamas since it took power in 2006; (11) the protests corroborate the utterly failed policies and promises of Hamas to Gazans since Hamas was established in 1986; (12) the protests prove the terrible stupidity of the people of Gaza to follow Hamas; and (13) finally, there never ever shall be a “Return,” no matter how many suicide bombings, car rammings, Ambassador withdrawals, stabbings, kite bombs, BDS boycotts, tunnel attacks, protests, rockets, bad media attention, drive by shootings, kidnappings, no matter how many anything – – there never ever shall be a “Return.”
This recent article says it all: the stupid Gazans were conned by Hamas to be suicide victims for Hamas:
http://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/they-deceived-us-gazans-say-protests-gained-less-than-zero-and-hamas-is-partly-to-blame
Furthermore, one solitary Gazan recently set himself on fire, not to protest against Israel, but to PROTEST AGAINST Hamas. More Gazans slowly shall turn against Hamas and shall demand that the Palestine Authority have sole and exclusive authority in Gaza, thereby dismantling both Hamas and Islamic State:
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5265746,00.html
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/246223
Stupid is – as stupid does.
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This is propaganda defending murder.
And as history shows. You don’t get your way forever.
Poor Brian. Try a real item of relevance and truth, found in counterpunch this week by Stanley Cohen, a New York (an obviously Jewish!) lawyer with extensive contacts with Hamas (an organisation developed and used to protect Palestinians ). Israel can make up all the lies it wants, but real knowledge works better with thinking people.
Ceasefire btw Israel and Hamas??? Good luck with that. If a deal is made, I would give it at most a year before war resumes.
Peace and siege in peaceful co-existence???? And off and on, off and on, off and on for decades, centuries, millennia…..?
Israel is as likely to keep to the agreement as to any of the others- especially important was the start of the 2008-9 massacre in Gaza, when the truce was broken as ‘IDF’ killed 6 Palestinians on the day Obama was elected, claiming they were tunnelling. A few weeks later came the violence right up to his inauguration (one President at a time).
I’m not holding my breath