Israel 'more optimistic' on prospects of Gaza hostage deal

Time will tell.

Nothing of course to do with Donald Trump issuing his no nonsense, “Free the hostages, or else” last chance directive at all.

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Nothing of course to do with Donald Trump issuing his no nonsense, “Free the hostages, or else” last chance directive at all.

Nope, must be pure coincidence. That Donald had put a lid on Hamas terrorism previously by de-funding them is all forgotten (or never even registered with the fanatical crowd).

I am now convinced that Hamas MUST disarm, or Join the PA or even Leave Gaza. In the past I was reluctant and could not decide if Hamas was a good thing for Gaza. But after the Oct. 7th attack I thought this will not end up well for the Palestinian Cause.

Israel needs to work with Moderate Palestinians to solve this conflict once and for all, Peace is a Precious thing to ignore and without it neither Palestinians nor Israeli's can live a normal life, Best of luck for both sides.

Netanyahu has no end plan for Gaza.

It seems that the only ones who had no qualms about committing genocide against the Palestinians were some members of the death cult regime, presumably most members of the igf and their supporters.

If I was Moslem I'd be raging. I am anyway.

Nope, must be pure coincidence. That Donald had put a lid on Hamas terrorism previously by de-funding them is all forgotten (or never even registered with the fanatical crowd). - Zaphod

Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the US since 1997. In order to "de-fund" them he'd have to have actually start funding them.

A large part of the reason Oct 7th happened was the lack of diplomatic engagement in the Israel-Palestine conflict by international powers. Trump allowed the moving of Israel's embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem and recognised Israel's illegal annexation of the Golan heights. Extremely provocative acts deplored by the international community. The Abraham accords also completely ignored Israel's ongoing occupation and land theft.

Oct 7th was a reminder that Israel must end its illegal occupation if it wants to normalise relations in the Middle East.

And what about the 10,000+ Palestinians held in Israeli prisons and camps? The IDF's MO has shown a clear genocidal pattern of separating the sexes killing women and children with bombs, rockets and drones and abducting or executing males of "fighting" (and reproductive) age between 16 and 60 while the brutal silence of Israel's Western allies and their media mouthpieces concerning the horrors inflicted on the people of Gaza eloquently spells out the racist core of the inhumanity that will live in infamy.