Hamas said on Sunday that it rejected a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from the US because it includes demands from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that are meant to sabotage the chances of a deal.
“After being briefed by the mediators about what happened in the last round of talks in Doha, we once again came to the conclusion that Netanyahu is still putting obstacles in the way of reaching an agreement and is setting new conditions and demands with the aim of undermining the mediators’ efforts and prolonging the war,” Hamas said.
The Palestinian group said the proposal does not include a permanent ceasefire or Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. It also includes conditions for Israel to maintain control of the Netzarim Corridor, a strip of land that separates northern Gaza from the rest of the Strip, and the Gaza-Egypt border, known as the Philadelphi corridor.
Hamas said the proposal also reverses previous concessions made by Israel regarding the release of Palestinian prisoners. Hamas said Netanyahu is “fully responsible for the failure of the mediators’ efforts, the obstruction of reaching an agreement, and full responsibility for the lives of his captives, who are exposed to the same danger as our people due to his continued aggression and systematic targeting of all aspects of life in the Gaza Strip.”
Before the renewed hostage deal talks started this past Thursday, Hamas said that it wanted to implement the ceasefire proposal President Biden unveiled back in May. At the time, Biden claimed it was an Israeli proposal, but once Hamas agreed to the language in the proposal, Netanyahu began adding new conditions.
Netanyahu said on Sunday that he wouldn’t back down on his demands. “I want to emphasize we are conducting negotiations [“give-and-take” in Hebrew], and not give-and-give,” he said at a security cabinet meeting, according to The Times of Israel. “There are areas where we can show flexibility, and there are areas where we can’t show flexibility — and we are standing firm on them. We know quite well how to distinguish between the two.”
Israeli media also reported that Netanyahu told his ministers that the chances of a ceasefire deal were “not high.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Sunday to push for a ceasefire deal, but there’s no sign the US will actually use the significant leverage it has over Israel to achieve one. The administration has refused to condition military aid on a Gaza ceasefire and continues to ship weapons and approve new major arms deals for Israel.
US Media: Hamas is so unreasonable.
So, so unreasonable……………..
No surprise there…!
US Media = Zionist Media
Touché ole!
Distraction from the real peace plan as per The recent Hague rulings
Yet the NY times enews from a few days ago spelled out that netanyahu is now the main obstacle to a ceasefire.
It took 10 months, but boy, those geniuses at the NYT are regular Sherlocks.
How can anyone call the protesters antisemitic without calling Netanyahu anti-american? Blinken blinked again and Kamala Harris got a nefige (fig).
He is also antisemitic. Arabs, Palestinians included, are semitic people. Israeli Jews do not have a monopoly on the term. This story this morning is interesting: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/panic-in-israel-did-hezbollah-track-and-record-netanyahu-s-residence-with-a-drone/ar-AA1p0M4D?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=4efb153d13c54e9d97edd95e694941cd&ei=62
"Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Sunday to push for a ceasefire deal…"
No. he did not. Stop fucking lying. He couldn't care less about a ceasefire.
Everyone needs to stop talking about a ceasefire. There will be no ceasefire until Israel is obliterated and the US is driven from the Middle East. Fortunately that is coming.
The title is correct…! Blinken is pushing for the Israeli version of ceasefire which is more massacre…!
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/08/19/revisionist-zionists-dare-us-to-pull-the-plug-on-their-nakba-agenda/
Alastair Crooke
no peace unlees the USA is out and that will not happend any time soone..
Morning. It takes ALL Sides to make war and Peace.
🙂
Have you read this? Also on the Guardian.
Leaked Israeli Docs Reveal Effort to Evade Foreign Agent Lobbying Law
Former general counsel of Democratic National Committee secretly advised the Israeli government on how to avoid FARA registration of its U.S. propaganda program.
https://www.leefang.com/p/leaked-israeli-docs-reveal-effort
This just in: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/panic-in-israel-did-hezbollah-track-and-record-netanyahu-s-residence-with-a-drone/ar-AA1p0M4D?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=4efb153d13c54e9d97edd95e694941cd&ei=62
Days in, days out, the Biden administration behaves consistently as a puppet of the Israeli Netanyahu government and of its American arm in the US, the American Israeli political action committee (AIPAC).
The only thing necessary for a cease-fire is the US Empire stop supplying Israel with weapons. As long as the weapons continue to flow,all talk of a cease-fire is smoke and mirrors. Complicity in genocide makes the US just as guilty as Israel.
This will not end well.
The USA is not going to abandon Israel by cutting off weapons. Iran would like nothing better.
Have not everyone realized by now that them "Peace" talks are but a feint. Iran may as well quit wasting time, and get on with their retaliation strike. Peace will only come when Nutandyahoo is gone.
Maybe Iran is really waiting for the US Aircraft carrier to come into the theater so that they have an easy target to strike?
Attacking a USA aircraft carrier would be the a bad idea. If Iran were lucky to hit one, the USA hit back would be significant. (Even under Trump).
Translation? No deal. Just a delay tactic used by Israel's proxy Blinken. In order to keep Iran and resistance from striking Israel before the US election. The goal is to trap the US into striking Iran and its proxies in the region. While the American taxpayer foots the bill.
"The goal is to trap the US into striking Iran" Than Iran's goal should be to avoid this trap.
Sure while Israel continues to kill your political leaders and generals ad nauseum anywhere in the world. Even inside your own sovereign nation. Why don’t Iranians then kill some US and Israeli political leaders and generals? See how they like it. Fair is fair don’t you think?
" Why don't Iranians then kill some US and Israeli political leaders and generals?" Because the last thing that Iran would want is a war with the USA. It may not be "fair" but it is the smart play by Iran.
The smart play by Iran is to bide their time. Build their version of the Iron Dome with Russian equipment. While building their own nuclear weapons as a deterrent to counter Israel/US. This is where this is headed. Just my opinion I have no privy to any inside intel or contact. It’s only what I would do in their situation.