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Hamas will not free all hostages now, calls for world-wide marches to oppose Trump's Gaza plan (www.ynetnews.com)

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"We call our masses, our nation, and free people around the world in a global movement against the plans to uproot our Palestinian people, in the coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to march against the plan of the occupation and its supporters," Hamas said in a statement.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

“But two Arab officials told The Times of Israel that Steve Witkoff, the Middle East envoy of Donald Trump – who begins his second term as US president on Monday – did more to sway Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in one meeting than Biden did in a whole year.

The prevailing analysis in the Israeli media is that it was the incoming Trump administration’s pressure on Netanyahu, rather than Israeli pressure on Hamas, that got the agreement over the finish line.”

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/qatar-announces-gaza-ceasefire-deal

Biden was never willing to put any pressure on Israel. With the US holding all the cards since they’re the primary funders of Israel’s war efforts, Biden had every opportunity to force a ceasefire before Trump did.

The idea that Trump had any power over Biden while Biden could just decide to stop sending weapons is extremely naive. It’s an attempt to dismiss democrat’s complicity in the genocide on the Palestinian people. We should never forget that both the democrats and the republicans are fully supportive of this horrific genocide.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

the Middle East envoy of Donald Trump – who begins his second term as US president on Monday – did more to sway Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in one meeting than Biden did in a whole year.

You realize this supports my position too, when we're talking about trump preventing it through unofficial back channels, right? Trump did more so quickly because this was always the plan.

This is basically the Iranian hostage scandal playing out again.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It doesn’t support your position at all because I’ll repeat, Biden held all the cards when he was president. He could just threaten to stop sending weapons.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

It's like talking to a brick wall with these Democrat fanboys, but I appreciate that you try!