Negotiations courtesy of blatant Biden administration pressure. Should Hamas agree, will they be able to comply with the terms for the full two months before bursting forth, ululating and shooting off their guns as they go for the promised next round of kidnap, rapine, and murder? Place yer bets, ladies and gents — I give them less than three weeks.
[IsraelTimes] Israel has reportedly submitted a proposal through Qatar...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i and Egyptian mediators that would see it agree to a pause in its fighting in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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for as long as two months, in exchange for a phased release of the remaining 136 hostages in Gaza.
The proposal does not heed the Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...demand for Israel to end the war completely, but does appear to go further than Israel has gone in previous offers, according to the Axios news site, which cites two Israeli officials.
The offer is publicized as White House Middle East czar Brett McGurk is in the region for meetings with Egyptian and Qatari counterparts aimed at advancing a hostage deal, a US official told The Times of Israel.
Israel is now waiting for Hamas’s response to the new proposal and is cautiously optimistic about the chance for progress in the coming days, the Israeli officials tell Axios.
The Israeli proposal reported by Axios would see the remaining children, women, men over the age of 60 and critically ill hostages released during the first stage. Subsequent stages would see female soldiers and men under the age of 60 who are not soldiers, followed by make soldiers and the bodies of hostages.
The Israeli offer states that Israel and Hamas would agree in advance as to how many security prisoners would be released by Jerusalem in each stage before holding separate negotiations on the names of these convicts..
The offer would also include a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the main population centers in Gaza and the gradual return of Paleostinians to the northern Strip, from which they were ordered to evacuate.
The offer stipulates that Israel will not agree to end the war completely, nor release all 6,000 Paleostinian security prisoners, but Israeli officials tell Axios that they are willing to release a significant number.
If implemented, IDF operations in Gaza would be significantly smaller in scope after the pause concludes, Axios says.
The offer is relatively similar to ones that have reportedly been pressed since the seven-day truce ended nearly two months ago. Hamas has insisted that it will not agree to release any hostages unless the fighting in Gaza ceases completely — a non-starter for Israel, as it would leave those who orchestrated the October 7 massacre in power.
| Update from the Times of Israel at 10:40 a.m. ET: |
A senior Egyptian who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity says terror group Hamas has rejected Israel’s proposal for a two-month ceasefire in which Hamas would release Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners.
The official says Hamas leaders have also refused to leave Gaza and are demanding that Israel fully withdraw from the territory and allow Palestinians to return to their homes. Under Israel’s proposal, Yahya Sinwar and other top Hamas leaders in Gaza would be allowed to relocate to other countries.
The official says Egypt and Qatar, which have brokered past agreements between Israel and Hamas, are developing a multi-stage proposal to try to bridge the gaps. The proposal would include ending the war, releasing the hostages and putting forth a vision for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.