Israeli government to vote on Gaza ceasefire plan

[maxsolomon]

Source: CNN

• Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire plan that will allow for the release of all hostages in Gaza, Israeli withdrawal to an agreed point and the release of some Palestinian prisoners.

• The ceasefire in Gaza will take effect immediately following the Israeli government’s approval of the deal, which is expected later today, according to Israeli officials. A “formal declaration” ending the war in Gaza must be made for a hostage release to take place, according to a senior Hamas official.

• US President Donald Trump said the hostages are likely to be released on Monday. Trump’s announcement did not address some sticking points in the proposal, including Hamas disarmament and governance of Gaza.

• The plan has been met with celebration in Gaza and Israel, though residents in both places expressed caution about whether the initial agreement would lead to a comprehensive peace deal.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-agreement-10-09-25

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I am overjoyed this nightmare is ending (or at least pausing).

I can't help but be peeved that President Narcissist is going to take the credit. Don't give him what he craves, Nobel Committee.

[Walleye]

1. Trump likes "deals" so much. I have one for him, you get the Nobel prize if you resign your office.

[lostincalifornia]

2. Yes, at the cost of our Democracy with the help of those protesters and our

illustrious media.

This could have ended a year and a half ago, no thanks to hamas.

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Let me be clear. I DO NOT APPROVE

of the overkill in Gaza by the Israeli army.

However, I have little confidence that Israel will be allowed to exist in peace. This shit has been going on for over 100 years. Sure, the UK and the UN said they supported the Zionist movement, but I think they turned over UK controlled Palestine to the Jews because they didn't want them to stay in Europe and Russia. Persecution of Jews isn't exactly something new. I found out from one of my high school history teachers that at one point they considered sending them to Ghana. There's actually still a small Jewish community there.

[lostincalifornia]

6. Actually the UK made divided into two partions, an Arab section, and a Jewish section, but the Arab

neighbors urged them not to accept the Partition, and shortly after Israel became a state.

In fact the British Mandate appointed the Hajj al-Husayni as the grand Muufti of Jerusalem, a virulent anti-semite, until that mandate ended.

The same game was played in the 1967 war with Nassar, pushing the Jews to the sea, and the 1971 Yom Kipper War where the Arab neighbors pushed the Palestinians not to accept any two state solution. The Khartoum Resolution in 1967. "No peace with Israel, No negotiation with Israel, No recognition of Israel."


I think your analysis is right, the British were particularly "friendly" toward the Jews, they just wanted to "get rid of them". That being said, the British weren't particularly friendly toward the Indians, Chinese, etc. during their period of colonization either.

[Glen Livid]

3. Kind of surprised

that there isn’t more excitement/discussion over this good news

[hannah]

4. You must be livid

Nt

[AloeVera]

7. A lot of us are afraid this is just a pause in the killing...until the hostages are released. N/T.