The US is ready to guarantee that it would allow Israel to restart the genocidal war in Gaza after the first phase of any hostage and ceasefire deal that might be reached with Hamas, according to Israeli media reports.
Hostage deal talks have been stalled since the Israeli killing of Hamas’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, and it’s unclear when they will resume, but the US and Israel have been discussing potential proposals.
According to The Times of Israel, a proposal that’s been discussed would involve three phases where Israel would halt its military operations and Hamas would release hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a guarantee that he’ll be able to restart military operations after the first phase, which is when negotiations will be held on implementing the next two phases.
The US has not yet provided a written agreement that it would allow Israel to restart operations but has expressed its approval of the idea. Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the US wouldn’t give the guarantee in writing until an agreement is reached with Hamas.
The Israeli condition could make Hamas less likely to agree to a deal since one of its main demands has been a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. During previous negotiations, Hamas had agreed to language that was vague enough that Israel could accept without actually committing to a permanent ceasefire. But it’s unclear if Hamas would agree to a deal where Israel gets an explicit guarantee from the US that it could restart military operations.
In the weeks and months leading up to Haniyeh’s assassination, Netanyahu had been working to sabotage the chances of a deal. After Hamas made the concession that it wouldn’t seek a guarantee for a permanent ceasefire upfront, Netanyahu began making new public demands that Mossad Director David Barnea, the Israeli official in charge of the talks, said would thwart an agreement.
So there's a momentary ceasefire, which everyone involved knows that Israel will violate because it always does that, and then the slaughter restarts. No mention of opening the border for aid to enter of course.
Tell me again why anyone sane would agree to those conditions?
I guess they’re trying to survive.
If Israel wanted to survive, they would have implemented the 1993 Oslo agreement. At Oslo the PLO recognized Israel, renounced armed resistance, and agreed to surrender 78% of their land to Israel in return for a state on the remainder. The deal was an incredible victory for the Zionists. Instead, the Zionists succumbed to greed and hatred and now Israel has no future. The Zionists are counting on their stooges in the USA putting boots on the ground to bail Israel out in a regional war. Even that won't save Israel in an asymmetric war of national liberation. But it could drag the US down with Israel.
Neither Trump nor Harris can be trusted to stand up to the Zionist lobby.
I meant that I guess the Palestinians are attempting to survive.
I would tend to agree, but Harris has a chance here to put her foot down on the continuation of the genocede and be a hero to half of America & three quarters of the poeple in the world. It would cement her in history as the one who stopped the Israeli Genocide!!!!! And gerat liberator of the oppressed majority worldwide!
And it could also cost her the election.
"Neither Trump nor Harris can be trusted to stand up to the Zionist lobby" So who are going to vote for? Bad choice A or bad choice B.
In March 1968 I marched with Martin Luther King on the Selma to Montgomery, march to support voting rights. Several weeks later Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. LBJ already signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Medicare Act and the War on Poverty legislation. No doubt that LBJ did more for African American people than any President except Abe Lincoln.
But on March 26, 1968 Dr. King announced that he would not support Johnson for reelection. Even though Richard Nixon was LBJ's likely opponent. King abandoned Johnson becauseof the genocide in Vietnam.
Johnson in turn abandoned his reelection bid in five days later on March 31st and Vice President Hubert Humphrey was designated by the poarty boses to replace LBJ. Humphrey even claimed that he was now against thewar in Vietnam. But it didn't matter the movement abandoined him and Nixon won a very close election. But the movement got stronger and ironically, Nixon was the President who eventually realized that the US could not win an asymmetric war of nationalliberation against the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong. Nixon didn't want to end the war. But by refusing to vote for either candidate, the antiwar movement matured into a powerful force that was able to influence national politics.
Voting is a sacred right. But Martin Luther King understood that voting can never be an obligation. Dr. King would not vote for the lesser evil when the evil was war and genocide. We vote out of hope. Not out of fear.
When both major candidates support genocide people of conscience should not vote for either of them – or for Kennedy who also supports genocide.
Chase Oliver, Jill Stein and Cornel West all oppose the genocide. None of them will win. But voting for any of them will send a message to TBTB.
It is a binary race. If you don't want vote in the race, fine. If you want to waste your vote on third party candidate that has zero chance winning, that is OK also. But if you think that voting for a third party candidate is going to send message you are mistaken.
No matter how many times you screech that it’s a “binary race,” it will remain a fact that there are multiple candidates on the ballot in states disposing of 270 or more electoral votes. If you want to waste your vote on a candidate whose policies you don’t support, that is OK. But if you think your vote will make the difference between that candidate winning and losing, you are mistaken.
You should meditate on the meaning of the word protracted.
It's tricky. If the Hamassians go for a deal, they're buying into an obvious betrayal. If they reject a "deal" for peace, even when EVERYONE knows it's a sham, the ASI gets to crow "Hamas rejected peace !!"
Netanyahu et. al. are orchestrating a blatant "head I win, tails you lose" conundrum.
Just reply the genocide of the innocent must stop permanently & we can move on from there.
Oct 7 was a big mistake… It’s like no one expected Israel to be capable of this level of barbarity and cruelty.
Well the most moral army in the world!
Israel was involved in this barbarity before October 7. That’s why Oct. 7th happened.
Even after the publication of Herzl's ,Jabotinsky 's, Weizman's , and Ben Giuiron's position papers and speeches delivered at the conferences on the zionism , which pointed to the inevitable occurence of the ethnic cleansing and made it clear that extreme barbarity and cruelty would be used , many chose to ignore or downplay the the implication of the Zionism. Instead of confronting the disturbing plans laid out within, they removed a few pages from the narrative and feigned ignorance about the true extent of the vile ,genocidal intention of the Zionism.
I am not surprised. This cruelty has been evident for decades.
Yes, it was a big mistake. Hamas figured that Israel would drop some bombs and than beg for the return of their kidnapped victims. However, history shows that the most of the time, not always, things don't work out the way the persons starting a war planned.
What is the point of a cease fire if you have the intention of attacking again?
It is time Israel was sanctioned by all free countries.
There aren't many free countries in the world. But I would be happy if some of the hypocrites enabling Israel's genocide were shamed into sanctioning the Zionists.
The "free world" is actually trying to BDS (the ICJ being a prominent index). It's only Israel's colonies which sustain her.
We say that the ICJ ruling is not substantiated, etc. We, the U.S. of A. wrote the charter for the U.N., for G-d's sake! Then we conveniently had the U.N. home office spotted up in New York. Crafty, don't you think?
"Then we conveniently had the U.N. home office spotted up in New York."
On land donated by the Rockefellers.
For the record, The UN charter was written by U.S., British, Soviet, and Chinese representatives.
I wish that was true. The reality is that China is Israel's main import trade partner, South Africa continues to export raw diamonds to supply Israel's main industry, India is Israel's largest market for military exports, Muslim OPEC+ countries in Africa and Asia supply Israel with 220,000 barrels of oil a day without which Israel could not sustain the genocide in Gaza, and Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Jordan, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait partnered with the USA to defend Israel from Iran's attack several months ago and are likely to do so again. Russia is the only major country that has reduced its trade with Israel. Even Iran and Hezbollah until now have avoided confronting Israel. Maybe that will finally change. But the Houthis are the only ones who have shown real solidarity with the Palestinians.
The people of the world stand with Palestine. But the governments of the world like doing business with Israel, with very few exceptions, like Russia and Yemen.
BDS is up to the people. Not our
governments.
Great stuff, who would believe so many countries have business as usual with the Zionist war criminals as they kill tens of thousands of innocent kids & women?!?!?!?! Truely shocking!!!!!
Thanks for the correction, … very sobering dose of how things really work.
Partly, "the deal" is intended for purposes of the "election," and global PR, to allow the Biden-Harris regime to claim they had Israel's agreement to a "peace deal" which Hamas rejected.
And they also hope that this vile "deal" can be trumpeted before the Dem. convention starts. I still doubt that this will stop the expected anti Biden-Harris demonstrations on Gaza.
Good point, that explains the otherwise absurd timing.
" anti Biden-Harris demonstrations on Gaza" which play right to the hands of Trump. Some how those demonstrating think that hurting Harris is going to help the Palestinians. Just look at Trump's record and one will see that Trump will be bad for the Palestinians.
Obviously Israel would need time to rest and refit before the next pogrom of Gazans kicks off. One wonders if Israel's assault on southern Lebanon might coincide with one of these 'cease fire' periods in Gaza when troops and vehicles can be shifted north.
Yes, but not just Israel. The US/Biden Admin too. It is a joint project. It can't happen without the complicity.
I think I will roll a joint, light it, smoke a bit and contemplate it all……..
LOL, yea I can dig it.
Yea, that will help. LOL
RESUMING ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA EQUALS
RESUMING GENOCIDE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
& CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unless the real intent of a pause that promises More Of The Same, is to goad Palestinians into fleeing their homeland "while the fleeing is good."
In that scenario, the ASI ethnically cleanses Gaza by scaring the Palestinians out.
You have excellent nerve Uncle, you truly do!
I am frightened for everyone.
Peace will pull us through!
Well so at least we are rationing them to one war at a time. Me I have no problem defending Israel, which means 1967 borders. Aiding in their wars of conquest not so interested in that.
^This. They are not able to fulfill genocide when they will need to fight Hezbollah, Iran and allies.
We’ll hold off on killing all of you, but we’ll get right back to it.
Israel has competent fighters, advanced tech, and (to quote Denis Leary) "nuclear f**kin' weapons".
"Defending Israel" is just a policy in line with conservatives' desire to "help (only) those who already have the means to help themselves."
America talks through keister that is full of oozing piles and loose sphincters. It is also the location of the shining city on the hole .
Well done. A very vivid picture.
Why does anyone imagine Hamas would agree to this? Give up all leverage and then go back to being hammered? That is nuts. It is so totally nuts the mere suggestion is obvious bad faith by Biden/Blinken, lying to the American people about their complicity in this genocide.
I guess this removes most of Israel’s justification for the war also. “War until all of the hostages are freed.”
I'm starting to think the "hostage" the ASI really wants to free, is the lands of Gaza what the Palestinians "kidnapped".
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There seems to be no end to sadistic cruelty.
According to Netanyahu's ministers, these are Israels greatest heros. Some went so far as to say all the prisoners should be treated like this, to deter hamas. They're War criminals, the entire Israeli cabinet.
I tend to agree Sam but, all is not lost… We need to have some hope to get peace…
🙂
The US has not yet provided a written agreement that it would allow Israel to restart operations but has expressed its approval of the idea. Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the US wouldn’t give the guarantee in writing until an agreement is reached with Hamas.
Does anyone think Hamas can read? So, Hamas would agree to a ceasefire knowing that the US has ok'd Israel, IN WRITING, to restart the war at their pleasure? Sure, why not./s
"to restart the war"
Not the war…! rather unlimited massacres…!
I stand corrected. I usually say slaughter or put war in parenthesis. My bad.
I must ave missed something somewhere along the way. Why does Israel need a written approval from the US to restart the war? They always do what ever they want any way and to hell with what the US wants. Why is this supposedly different?
Would the pause also mean that the Houthis will not attack ships delivering lethal weapons, essential goods to Israel? Anyone with at least one brain cell knows, that the pause would only benefit the Zionist War Machine and nobody else. Trusting anything Israel agrees or signs on to, is fantasy, thinking the Zionist Israelis would actually keep their word. NEVER did the USA/Israel, act in good faith when it comes to Palestinians, always LYING, deceiving them, so this is just more STALL and KILL Palestinians. Arab Nations need to STOP thinking, the Zionist War Machine of the US/Israel, can be honest about brokering any deal. We need arrest warrants to go out on all the Leaders of Nations supporting this Genocide, even maybe put a bounty on their heads, like they do for Heads of Cartels. Short of WW111, what is the answer?
Very well said!
You know what has been said?….
WWIII will be our last!
I think I will bake a cake today and, perhaps, pray, as I often do, when I don’t know what else to do.
Feeding people is always good!
But of course. That is who we are, or rather, who our administration in D.C. is (R or D does not matter). We killed millions of North Koreans during the "police action". We killed millions in Vietnam. We killed hundreds of thousands during the "war on terror" in Afghanistan and Iraq. So, our leaders in D.C. see nothing wrong with the genocide. They just want it over before November 5, 2024.
More proof that the US supports a wider war and the genocide continuing.
People keep talking about a "peace deal" which isn't ever going to happen.
At this rate, the “estate” needs to be divided between Egypt and Turkey.
Sadistic minds think alike. They exist in an alternative reality devoid of clear thinking and reason. Give what we want then we will resume our genocide against your people. Sabotage the ceasefire before it starts.
Hamas is not stupid. They won't agree to release the living prisoners unless they are convinced there will be a permanent ceasefire.
But the US Voters are stupid. We are paying for this war. In fact Israel only exists because of the generosity (stupidity) of the US voters. Israel has broken every agreement it has made since 1947.
" Israel has broken every agreement it has made since 1947" The agreement between Israel and Egypt and Israel and Jordon are working. So how have Israel "broken every" agreement?
Israel seized the Rafah crossing and murdered Egyptian soldiers and security officers on several occasions. Israel violates the agreements to respect Jordan's prerogatives as the guardian of Al-Aqsa, it agreement to respect the sanctity of the Muslim holy sites and several years ago attempted to assassinate Khaled Meschal in Jordan was Meschal was the leader of Hamas' political bureau. Israel doen't keep its promises.
Yesterday Kamala Harris held a rally here in Detroit. A large group of protester showed up, chanting "You can't hide. No more genocide."
She responded, which I saw on YouTube. Her response? "If you want Trump to win, keep saying that."
Well, if she wants to win, she'll have to listen. Listen or lose. She is asking for the votes of those people.
Biden/Harris act entitled to support, and entitled to do a genocide without anyone objecting.
That is why they can say they'll just go back to killing. They don't care. They don't get it. They are not listening. They are genocidal as much as Netanyahu is.
That was a good response. The protesters need to understand that hurting Harris helps Trump. Simple binary math.
Anyone who believes that Hamas will sign an agreement which allows the terrorist Zionist state to resume its genocide after the US/Zionist Israeli hostages have been released, I have bridge to sell you.
Does the US wish to see anarchy?… What, then, might we ask, was the purpose of the ceasefire, so called?……..
Please remember good folks here that Iran’s Press TV is doing an excellent job covering everything and using English, per our request.
There is a difference between a cease fire and a peace treaty.