How about go pound sand? Joe Biden, along with other Western allies of Israel, desperately need a pause in the fighting for their own domestic-politics concerns. And so does Israel, which is why they continue to engage negotiations for a hostage deal. But somehow the dynamics of a war started by Hamas and the Gazans […]
Speaking as someone who takes in a lot of news media, I’ve found the coverage of the October 7 terror attacks and the resultant ongoing war in Gaza to be a battle of divisive narratives. While many have credibly covered the atrocities committed by Hamas both on October 7 and in the aftermath, notable news […]
Joe Biden has spent the past week talking publicly about his attempts to force Israel into a cease-fire with Hamas. He even made that part of his appearance this week on late-night television, and blamed Benjamin Netanyahu for its delay, and warned that Israel risked losing “international support” if it didn’t do more to end […]
One of the bigger questions we’ve been grappling with ever since the beginning of the Israeli counterassault in Gaza has been what the Strip would look like after Hamas is (hopefully) fully rooted out and destroyed. It’s a prickly question with no easy, obvious answers. Much of Gaza has been reduced to rubble and Hamas […]
Looks like Benjamin Netanyahu’s not the only one involved in negotiations over the hostages that believes Hamas is “delusional.” Yesterday, Egypt’s foreign minister blasted the terrorist group from a podium at the Munich Security Conference for its delusions in refusing to deal in good faith. Sameh Shoukry also took aim at aid efforts that got […]
Today, at least, Hamas and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on one point — further negotiations are pointless. Hamas started off the day by announcing it would suspend talks on the hostages until Israel sent more aid to northern Gaza: Hamas has suspended all Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal negotiations until humanitarian aid is brought into the […]
U.N. Relief Chief Martin Griffiths told Sky News Wednesday that he does not consider Hamas to be a terrorist group. Griffiths said that the ‘aspirations’ of Hamas have to be taken into consideration during negotiations. Griffiths was asked about the feasibility of Israel’s military eliminating Hamas and ending its governance in Gaza. He said, “Hamas […]
Let’s just call this a difference of opinion. Egyptian, Qatari, and US officials involved in negotiations for hostages and a cease-fire in Gaza thought talk had taken a productive turn. Late this morning, the Washington Post relied on those sources to proclaim that the talks in Cairo “show progress,” at least from their perspective: Talks […]
Just how ridiculously unrealistic did Hamas get in its ‘counterproposal,’ praised by Qatar as “generally positive” and treated as serious by the US? Absurd enough that the Israelis immediately rejected it, and today are emphasizing that there is “no way” that it even serves as a framework for further negotiations. As noted yesterday, Hamas wants […]
Have Iranian proxies had enough of the IDF? Maybe … if you can trust them to stick to their word. After almost exactly five months of war in Gaza and all-but-war in southern Lebanon, both Hamas and Hezbollah sent signals in the last 24 hours that they may be ready to scale back — for […]
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