“While it’s a relief that a few hostages were released, this entire stunt was unnecessary given the ongoing ceasefire negotiations that include the release of all civilian hostages. Israel didn’t need to carry out this operation; a diplomatic solution was already on the table, which would have secured the safe release of all hostages without further bloodshed.”
I'm so fed up with mods falling for the #aipac "holocaust inversion" bullshit, I'm going to start reporting all #Israel apologist posts as "supporting violent ideologies."
Remember the morons who said back in December that bypassing #congress to give arms to #Israel unconditionally would make it more compliant with #US demands?
Biden scrambles to make concessions as 'Israel' collapses from within
"Though Biden said “Israel” had “devastated” Hamas forces over the last 8 months, the US President’s haste and urgency in urging a ceasefire was motivated by the reality of the opposite"
What follows is a scathing analysis of where Israel is at.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Abu Hamza: "...it is “the horror of attrition that will drive the enemy out of Gaza.”"
Ceasefire talks contingent on Israeli approval: Hamas Offic.-Exclusive
"A senior Hamas official tells Al Mayadeen that the group did not want to start negotiations from square one after it agreed to the previous ceasefire...on May 6"
"The source expressed Hamas' surprise at the US administration's ongoing request, through mediators, for the movement's approval of the recent ceasefire proposal, without prior Israeli approval."
Israel's position on US-backed Gaza ceasefire deal ambiguous: Qatar
""We have yet to see a very clear position from the Israeli government towards the principles laid out by Biden," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari"
"The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has also yet to give a firm response, the official added"
Israel’s Seizure of #Gaza Border Zone Strains Ties With Egypt
Israel defied ominous Egyptian warnings & took control of the #PhiladelphiCorridor, but the reaction from #Egypt, which wants to maintain its #security cooperation with #Israel, has been muted.
The #IDF said another 4 #Israeli hostages abducted by #Hamas on #Oct7 had died in captivity & that their bodies are being held by the #Palestinian Islamist group.
The 4 were identified as Chaim Peri, 80, Yoram Metzger, 80, Amiram Cooper, 84, & Nadav Popplewell, 51.
All 4 were filmed alive in hostage videos posted by #Hamas.
#Hamas said that Popplewell had died of wounds sustained during an Israeli air strike when posting his video last month.
#IDF spox Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said that new intelligence led to confirmation of their deaths. The military believes the 4 were killed together in the southern #Gaza city of #KhanYounis a "number of months" ago when Israeli forces were operating in the city, Hagari said in remarks that were broadcast.
“We are thoroughly examining the circumstances of their deaths & checking all possibilities. We will present soon the findings, first to their families, & then to the public," he said. "We will present them w/transparency, as we have done until now."
Of the >250 people abducted on Oct. 7, about 120 remain in #Gaza, acc/to Israeli tallies. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
"Just hours after Biden delivered an unprecedented speech outlining what he said was an Israeli proposal for a permanent end to the war, Netanyahu sought to clarify and contradict the scope of the deal outlined by the US president"
"On Saturday, far-right government ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich publicly said that they would resign - and therefore collapse the Israeli government - if the deal were to be accepted,"
I've only read a few Palestinian prisoners stories and I have to stop each time. I'm usually one who can sit and read for hours. It's devastating but necessary reading - we MUST get these stories to as many eyes as possible.
The Nir Oz Kibbutz, where 77 people were killed during Hamas’s October 7 attack and 36 were taken as captives, has issued a letter to Netanyahu, appealing to him to accept the proposal for a ceasefire presented by US President Joe Biden.
“Don’t abandon us again. Let us restore life and bury the murdered with dignity,” they said.
US citizens: call on Congress to rename the closest federal prison to Mar-a-Lago as the "Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Institution." Let's look forward to seeing him as an inmate there. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
@rms We do have a Presidential candidate who is not a criminal.
Why is Jill Steain not more visible now?
btw #Israel just turned down the US brokered #ceasefire and who has reported it? @faab64