So Trump has been given credit with the release, but I sense that Netanyahu is pandering to Trump for future cash and weapons support now that Biden has vacated too an old folks home for the mentally infirmed.
APAhead of the resignation, he said the ceasefire was “reckless” and would “destroy all of Israel’s achievements.”
Something bothers me about the image of Hamas-run police above. After all that destruction in Gaza and all innocent people killed, after all the starvation and impossible life conditions there, how do they all have brand new uniforms and weapons?The scenes elsewhere in Gaza were even more remarkable: Thousands of Hamas-run police in uniform re-emerged, making their presence known even in the most heavily destroyed area
On the day of the prisoner exchange it is haunting to see the policemen emerge from their hideouts heavily armed and in their Toyota Hiluxes (which are never in short supply!), denoting that there are places under Hamas control, that there is funding and that their way of fighting is their own resistance, all as part of the propaganda of the armed wing of the Al Qassam Brigades.Something bothers me about the image of Hamas-run police above. After all that destruction in Gaza and all innocent people killed, after all the starvation and impossible life conditions there, how do they all have brand new uniforms and weapons?
MiddleeastmonitorHamas shifts the focus from their role as captors to the broader ideological struggle they represent. It reinforces their narrative, not as a group ensnared by circumstances, but as a force for Palestinian identity and pride—one that is capable of determining its own future despite the dire conditions imposed upon it.
It should be remembered that the main objective of the war for Israel was (‘victory terms’) to wipe out Hamas in any way and destroy the entire network of tunnels, but they could not.As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza’s ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from hiding.
The militant group has not only survived 15 months of war with Israel — among the deadliest and most destructive in recent memory — but it remains firmly in control of the coastal territory that now resembles an apocalyptic wasteland. With a surge of humanitarian aid promised as part of the ceasefire deal, the Hamas-run government said Monday that it will coordinate distribution to the desperate people of Gaza.
APFor all the military might Israel deployed in Gaza, it failed to remove Hamas from power, one of its central war aims. That could make a return to fighting more likely, but the results might be the same.
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The scenes elsewhere in Gaza were even more remarkable: Thousands of Hamas-run police in uniform re-emerged, making their presence known even in the most heavily destroyed areas.
Dividing Gaza: The US private security companies will help Israel in killing civilians.Is US aiming to control part of Gaza?
Biden announces new method of delivering aid to Gaza
The US will build a pier on the Gazan coast to deliver food, President Biden has saidwww.rt.com
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American contractors have a dark history of crimes against non-combatants and civilians in war zones.
Four security guards from the private military firm Blackwater received jail sentences for killing 14 civilians, including two children, in Iraq’s Baghdad in 2007, a massacre that sparked an international outcry over the use of mercenaries in war. However, they were later pardoned by Donald Trump during his first presidential term in 2020.
From what I’ve watched there are many of them that would happily take that option, then there are many who refuse to give away what’s theirs and would prefer to die than have their homeland taken from them.I've read today that Trump has stated that it's now time for the Gazans to move to neighbouring countries and let Israel rebuild the area. Sorry but the link to the news story I read doesn't work. If I was a Palestinian I'd take any opportunity to get the hell out of there. Surely they've suffered enough....
Yeah, I've heard and read the same as you on that. It's brave and commendable to choose the "land or death" option, and god knows they've died plenty since 1948, but they have to face up to the fact that they're locked into a battle with one of the most psychopathic nations on earth. There's no winning that war. Thanks to "the Samson option", only a bolide from space can stop Israel now. They stole the nuclear secrets from the US in the 60's and most likely killed both Kennedy's in the process, no Arab nation is gonna really take them on in battle.From what I’ve watched there are many of them that would happily take that option, then there are many who refuse to give away what’s theirs and would prefer to die than have their homeland taken from them.
It’s pretty obvious who is in control here, and it’s not Trump. I wonder if he truly believes what he’s saying, if Israel has him over a barrel or, like Jordan Peterson, if he’s been fiddled with to believe a false narrative.