A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza may be secured "within 24 to 48 hours" if Israel accepts the Palestinian group's demands in ongoing talks.
"If Israel agrees to Hamas demands, which include the return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza and increasing humanitarian aid, that would pave the way for a (truce) agreement within the next 24 to 48 hours," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue, as negotiations were set to resume in Cairo.
Hamas has offered Israel multiple very tenable peace deals that include the immediate release of all Israeli prisoners and absolutely no demand for reparations for rebuilding the strip that is now thought to be uninhabitable for 70 years. Israel has denied every single one.
They have always wanted palestinians to be exterminated. This is Israel's dream scenario.
I've heard similar things in the opposite direction, that early when Israel was being split up, they offered Palestinians reasonable deals to have part of the land, including Jerusalem, that they refused because they wanted the whole thing, and therefore Israel got it all. No sources of course, just interesting that both sides say similar things.
If i lived in a country where rich settlers were displacing my communities for decades, I too would reject "offers" to forever split my homeland in half based on the whims of guilty white supremacists on another continent.
Both sides have said the same thing and offered peace deals that the other side is unwilling to accept, doesn't really matter if neither side wants to negotiate. Sucks that the civilians just have to suffer while two assholes fight it out.
Hamas is terrible, Palestine is not. Hamas and Israel are in a symbiotic relationship to keep each other in power ruining the lives of all Palestinians. Hamas is in control because of work Israel did against the Palestinian Authority. That’s an important distinction you need to make. While also stating that Israel is an apartheid state committing genocide.
Well... I guess those Israelis that were butchered at that concert don't count, then?
Hamas is a terrorist organisation that has killed and kidnapped civilians. Israel killing more civilians doesn't make Hamas any less of a despicable bunch of fucks.
To sum up right now. Israel's pre condition is the release of all hostages. Which is also all of Hamas' leverage. Hamas' pre condition is to feed civilians. Terrorist stuff isn't great but the white house and Israel are letting Hamas dunk on them in PR.
The thing throwing Israel off is that this isn't new. The only difference is that the world is now paying (half hearted) attention. This was the goal of the attacks. Get the world to pay attention to what Israel has been doing.
It's very interesting that the white house is practically admitting here that israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. And just casually includes it as "part of negotiations".
I have a feeling they won’t do that. They’ll call the demands unreasonable, say Hamas refused to negotiate in good faith, and keep killing indiscriminately.
Israel (Zionism) has an explicit goal to ethnically cleanse the "lesser people" and establish a fascist state who has a holy duty and right to enslave all lesser people
So yeah, this has been going on for 75 years directly because of Zionist ideology, it's not going to stop now. History didn't start on Oct 7th.
To die in resistance is better than to live as a slave. The israelis long term plan is to remove the Palestinians anyways by either "relocating" or killing Palestinians. Resistance has to come at some point otherwise its just a matter of time before they cease to exist or be in their land.
Israel has supported Hamas and kept them in power. Israel likes Hamas because it does stuff like October 7, and justifies its use of extreme force against Gaza and displacement of Palestinians.
The only thing a ceasefire is getting Israel off scott free after killing tens of thousands of Palestinians, and letting Israel regroup and launch another October - March.