The White House said Thursday that Israel had agreed to daily four-hour “pauses” in Gaza, while President Biden said there was still “no possibility” of a formal ceasefire.
The idea of the pauses is to allow civilians in north Gaza to flee to the south. The fighting and airstrikes are the heaviest in the north, but Israeli airstrikes have continued to hit south Gaza despite Israel telling civilians to flee there.
Later in the day, Israel’s military downplayed the pauses. “There is no ceasefire. I repeat, there’s no ceasefire,” said Israeli military spokesman Richard Hecht. “It is a tactical pause for the movement from a specific area [to the] south.”
Biden said he also asked Israel to agree to a three-day pause to facilitate Hamas releasing some hostages, but there’s no sign yet Prime Minister Netanyahu will agree to the proposal.
The New York Times reported that CIA Director William Burns met with Qatari officials in Doha on Thursday to discuss a potential hostage deal. One idea being discussed would involve Hamas releasing 10-15 hostages, including some Americans and other foreign nationals.
The Times report said that Hamas has asked for a three-day pause to release the small group of hostages. An earlier report from Axios about a similar proposal said Hamas would use the three-day pause to confirm the names of all the hostages it has and then deliver a list.
Israeli officials have maintained there will be no sort of ceasefire unless Hamas releases all of the hostages. The Biden administration has refused to use the term “ceasefire” when discussing the proposals, demonstrating that the US is only looking to have more control of the Israeli onslaught, not end it.
Netanyahu doesn’t give a crap about hostages.
Sorry to keep pointing out your typos. It’s “Satanyahu.” I’m starting to think you’re doing it on purpose.
Too many Satans, how do you tell them apart?
Shakespeare has told us:
“Hell is empty, all the devils are here”.
The Tempest:
Act 1, Scene 2.
Wow! The older I get, the more Shakespeare keeps getting smarter. I couldn’t agree with him more on that observation. I assume you agree with him too, Dieter!?
I see your point. It’s whoever is doing most of the killing on a certain day that manifests their Satanic spirits in a differentiating way. But they all seem to obtain their dark power from the same place, somewhere in hell. Not sure if that answers your question or makes you and me feel any better.
Not really, they still enjoy power with US zombies in the submissive void believing there are good guys and bad guys, where they are actually on the same team.
I dug this up yesterday. It makes even more sense today:
Controlled by shadow government: Mike Lofgren reveals how top U.S. officials are at the mercy of the “deep state”
A corrupt network of wealthy elites has hijacked our government, ex-GOP staffer and best-selling author tells Salon
https://www.salon.com/2016/01/05/controlled_by_shadow_government_mike_lofgren_reveals_how_top_u_s_officials_are_at_the_mercy_of_the_deep_state/
This is the difference between our intellectual abilities. You read sophisticated analysis, while I get my talking points from Comedians like Ryan Long. https://youtube.com/shorts/6L1RuYQBG4A?si=FTP6Ca12rvElYNVZ
A Rockefeller Rampager in the middle of the world’s largest Attica. Everyone is collateral.
How did you get on antiwar? It’s down for me.
Really? I don’t know. It seems fine on my end. Israel has been f**king up CounterPunch with bots. Maybe they’ve expanded the info war. Nothing shocks me anymore.
It was down for awhile.
Thanks for commenting on that. I just called Eric Garris. They’re now aware that there’s a problem and trying to figure out what it is.
It’s back up
So . . . genocide with lunch breaks, maybe nap time. You really could not make this shit up.
About it.
No, it’s just to give their fingers some rest. If they keep pushing the buttons on those “smart bombs” 24 hours a day, they may suffer from finger fatigue or broken fingernails. Just think of all the Hollywood movies they would have to produce to document all their suffering.
Or carpel tunnel syndrome. That way they can collect disability. Probably provided with our annual $4 billion gift.
Yes! Sorry I neglected to mention it since I already heard of the carpel tunnel memorial.
“So . . . genocide with lunch breaks”
1/ Worse, the most powerful news organization in the US, maybe the world, is already spinning this as due to US pressure for Israeli restraint:
“It was a day of modest diplomatic advances….Almost two weeks after Israel began its ground assault in the Gaza Strip, its leaders, under pressure from the United States, agreed to put in place daily four-hour pauses in its military operation in selected areas.”
This is dishonest reportage:
Though nominally, the the US may have pushed for it, the above creates the idea that the US has strongly pressured Israel to restrain its attack, and that this US “pressure” has been effective.
Whereas the truth is that the US has fundamentally enabled Israel’s 10,000-and-counting illegal collective punishment of Gazan civilians, and the ‘4 hrs’ deliberately hides that.
Enabled it by giving it unconditional weapons.
Enabled it by declaring unconditional support on the lying pretext of Israel’s “defending itself.”
Enabled it by rejecting a ceasefire.
Enabled it by standing by while Congress – included 22 Democrats – censured Rashida Tlaib for criticizing Israel.
Enabled it by supporting Israel’s attempt to ethnically cleanse Gazans by getting Egypt to accept them.
2/ But count on this reportage to support the idea that the US seriously pushed Israel, and count on Biden to crow this lie come election time to get revolted constituents to vote for him.
3/ Pro-Palestinian rally today (friday 11/10) at NYT building in NYC, 4pm; 620 8th Avenue
4/ Can’t do it – please protest NYT coverage to the editors using Jewish Voice for Peace’s software:
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource-type/action-alerts/
The US could stop the genocide in a day. The notion that the US is pressuring Israel is bullshit.
Asking Israel to avoid Palestinian civilian casualties is like asking the Waffen SS to avoid civilian casualties on the Eastern Front
I wish I didn’t have to agree with you on this. ☹️
Empty, worthless lies from the empire of lies. Air bombing and shelling of civilians in Gaza continues. Zionazi have shown their vengeful blood-lust in full. Any remorse the world had for their loses is gone.
Their losses are still worthy of remorse.
so glad i’m not the only one to have had that reaction…
“Any remorse the world had for their losses is gone.”
Please stay far away from any pro-Palestinian anti-war marches – your hateful fringe inhumanity has no place in it, and slogans like that will be used to falsely characterize the movement as supporting terrorism and Hamas.
Nothing justifies the deliberate killing of civilians. By anyone.
I am genuinely curious where the Settlers on the West Bank fit in. Of course Hamas didn’t attack any of them, but while they are “civilians” they sure do end up shooting a lot of Palestinians.
The killing of civilians by Hamas should still be condemned. The same for Israel’s “solution” of killing large numbers of Palestinian civilians in return.
After 33 days of non-stop bombing, they’re probably running out of bombs to drop.
Never. We would have to run out of paper to print money before they run out of bombs.
“Four hour pauses”. Just enough time for Palestinians to climb out of and over the rubble to move maybe 200 yards. Two million people. No food (bakeries bombed), bad drinking water. Then the bombs drop again. Will the pauses be all over Gaza and the West Bank, or just certain areas? Will all IDF and aircraft units get the message? WTF!!
More double-speak. But how pathetic, theUS administration. Of course, if they asctually wanted a “pause” all that’s needed is to stop the flow of money and materiel.
They are war criminals, they can’t even trust each other.
True enough, but we now live in a world of Nature , “war crimes” have been normalized. Western Civ no longer recognizes the old repositories of idealist institutions, Enlightment Law and Religion. Might alone is Right.
How droll.
The WH and US media keep saying this and Israel keep denying it…!
… And what US and Israel would do for Hamas after the hostages’ release…?!
Nothing, of course.
What about the thousands of Palestinians incarcerated by the Israelis?
I think I can answer that: “what US and Israel would do for Hamas after the hostages’ release…?!” Kill Hamas but only after killing a lot more Palestinians?
Later in the day, Israel’s military downplayed the pauses. “There is no ceasefire. I repeat, there’s no ceasefire,” said Israeli military spokesman Richard Hecht. “It is a tactical pause for the movement from a specific area [to the] south”
The idea of the pauses is to allow civilians in north Gaza to flee to the south. The fighting and airstrikes are the heaviest in the north, but Israeli airstrikes have continued to hit south Gaza despite Israel telling civilians to flee there.
An act of kindness. Moving them to an area where there is less bombing. Now let’s get that $14.3 billion on its way.
I expected they would open the gates for 4 hours to get out, not just move South. I should have known better, God these people are so evil. What next will they come up with?
Satanyahu always comes up with more death, hence the name.
USA President Biden said “no possibility” of a formal ceasefire.
1970-1974: USA Admiral Thomas Moorer chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: I’ve seen a President-I don’t care who he is-stand up to them. It just boggles your mind.
They always get what they want. The Israelis know what is going on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn’t writing anything down.
If the Americans people understood what a grip those people have got on our government, they world rise up in arms. Our citizens don’t have any idea what goes on. (They Dare to Speak Out, by Paul Findley, page 161)
100+ Congressional Staffers Stage Walkout Demanding Their Bosses Back Gaza Cease-Fire
The whole congress with an exception of few are tending this conspiracy…!
Only one hundred not many, but it took courage, they may lose their jobs.
I appreciate their saying that the gov’t isn’t listening to the people. We all know it, but coming from the inside could wake some brainwashed voters up.
Their votes in congress were telling. They opposed a ceasefire, to just think about that.
They are WAR CRIMINALS.
Did antiwar get hacked or is it under ddos attack?
Maybe antiwar is being overwhelmed?
Don’t know. I think it lasted a half hour to an hour. The one down site said it was down for everyone at that point.
I thought it might have been an operation because of this? But it could be completely unrelated too:
The Curious Hacking of @craigmurrayorg
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2023/11/the-curious-hacking-of-craigmurrayorg/
For obvious reasons, DDOS or other attack is one of the first things we look for when people can’t reach the site. But that doesn’t seem to have been the case this time, at least with respect to Antiwar.com specifically. I called Eric Garris, who immediately went to work on it, and what he discovered was that our host/provider was repeatedly going partially down and coming partially back up over a period of a couple of hours. Some sites would be available sometimes, while others were down, and vice versa. I don’t know if he got an answer from them as to whether they were under attack or just having technical difficulties, but we don’t seem to have been targeted.
I’m glad to hear it because there is obviously desperation in the air for propagandists who are losing control of the narrative.
Craig Murray is a human rights lawyer but there is a younger RW Journalist Douglas Murray.
I do not understand the issue but it looks like the lawyer had problems with his computer account.
He was hacked on twitter. Someone posted a Nazi sign on his account, in order to discredit him as antisemitic. He has been against the carnage in Gaza. He was held in the UK for hours under a “terrorism investigation” and they took his phone etc. The UK has been seriously cracking down on dissent.
The same is true for Germany, they and the French banned demonstrations supporting the Palestinian people. But London had a fantastic demonstration for the Palestinians today, some 750K . The biggest demonstration since Iraq.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f7b08ecc3bfb7902f26531e3ed15348357dff283724a6a09288947f98def0e09.jpg