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Gaugamela

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34. The question is whether Netanyahu can negotiate in good faith, which is what
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:21 AM
Jan 14

I said. Israel has a long history of sabotaging talks by piling on a tranche of unacceptable demands at the last moment, because they never wanted an agreement in the first place. They want to annex Gaza and the West Bank, and to ethnically cleanse or annihilate the Palestinians. White European settler colonialism always decimates the indigenous population, all the while calling them “savages” or “terrorists” and blaming them for their own demise. Small wonder it was Britain and the US who spearheaded the establishment of Israel, which they did, by the way, because they didn’t want all those Jewish refugees landing on their shores.

BBC 1/14/25

"The deal is almost ready and I think the Palestinian side has agreed to it, accepted it. They're waiting for the Israeli final response," Mustafa Barghouti has told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.

"So we’re closer to the deal than any time before," he says, adding that is because "Netanyahu could not tolerate anymore the internal Israeli pressure and external pressure, especially coming from Trump."

When pressed by the interviewer to clarify if Hamas had agreed to the deal he said: "Yes I can say that they have accepted all the conditions. And it's not the first time... this deal is almost identical to what was proposed in July – and it was Netanyahu who undermined that.

We've lost more than 10,000 lives in the process in the six months."

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c93gddkk3vpt

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Biden (and likely Netanyahu) would rather see this happen on Biden's watch than his successor's ificandream Jan 12 #1
For some reason BumRushDaShow Jan 12 #2
... C0RI0LANUS Jan 12 #7
I think netanyahu will wait until Trump is inaugurated drray23 Jan 12 #3
At this point I agree. I wish Biden had used more leverage earlier on. Just handed Hamas et. al. future recruits by... dutch777 Jan 12 #4
It's always been on Netanyahu. Not us. LeftInTX Jan 12 #11
I also agree - Netanyahu and Trump are 2 peas in a pod. Like with Carter walkingman Jan 12 #5
"Israel could have declared victory months ago. " endgenocide Jan 13 #16
He could never declare victory Sundance1220 Jan 13 #19
When I said declare victory - I honestly believe that Israel and Hamas could have come to walkingman Jan 13 #23
you think Hamas would have given back all the hostages? Er... why, exactly? Why would they give up their leverage? thebigidea Jan 13 #28
It's not hard to understand Sundance1220 Jan 14 #32
Theatre for the history books. Biden could have Gaugamela Jan 12 #6
How? It's Netanyahu's decision. He's doing it to please Trump. LeftInTX Jan 12 #12
Where does Israel get it's unending supply of weapons? Gaugamela Jan 12 #13
They have their own and can get them from Trump if they want. LeftInTX Jan 13 #14
Israel has received unparalleled US support in way of weapons since its inception. Gaugamela Jan 13 #24
So. Are you blaming Biden???? Did Biden tell them to kill the Palestinians?? LeftInTX Jan 13 #30
If you say so . . . Gaugamela Jan 13 #31
Wrong. maxsolomon Jan 13 #17
Wrong! 10/7 was a horrific terrorist attack, but not an existential issue for Israel, just as 9/11 was not Gaugamela Jan 13 #25
Given that the Holocaust is generational trauma for many Israeli Jews, maxsolomon Jan 13 #27
The Palestinians weren't responsible for the Holocaust. -- Over and out. Gaugamela Jan 13 #29
No, but they sided with hitler Sundance1220 Jan 14 #36
Didn't say they were. maxsolomon Jan 14 #37
Without hamas releasing all the hostages? Sundance1220 Jan 13 #20
Netanyahu doesn't give a rat's ass about the hostages. That's what all the protests in Israel have been about. Gaugamela Jan 13 #26
Good faith? Hamas? Sundance1220 Jan 14 #33
The question is whether Netanyahu can negotiate in good faith, which is what Gaugamela Jan 14 #34
Meanwhile Israel is the side that HAS Sundance1220 Jan 14 #35
Joe should have pressed harder on this before the election, Jack Valentino Jan 12 #8
Seems like he might have endgenocide Jan 12 #9
That SALE is not a done deal, but it is certainly likely. maxsolomon Jan 13 #18
It's all on Netanyahu, not Biden. It always has been. LeftInTX Jan 12 #10
How many billions have we given to Israel? womanofthehills Jan 13 #21
So, are you blaming Biden? LeftInTX Jan 13 #22
Hang it up Joe pfitz59 Jan 13 #15
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