Tag: Gaza

BiBi Does Not Agree

You were expecting something different?

Recently Hamas has said it will begin to disarm…..of course I had to write about the turn…

Hamas Update

Most thinking people knew that this would not fly with BiBi and even his buddy Donny has a plan that he does not agree with….go figure….

Donny’s brain child the Board of Peace has issued its plan and BiBi is stalling…..

In a video posted to his social media accounts on Tuesday night, Netanyahu said the team of President Donald Trump “believes that they can bring about the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza. We are checking this. They sent us a draft – we did not agree to it, it is not our draft. We sent our comments.”

Netanyahu met with the US-backed Board of Peace on Monday and received guarantees that the Israeli army would only be required to leave its current positions in Gaza after Hamas disarms.

But pressure has been growing on the premier from his far-right coalition partners to reject the deal.

Hamas on Tuesday called for clarifications from the Board of Peace, voicing “unease” over comments it made regarding the group’s prospective disarmament and Israel’s withdrawal in Gaza.

A Hamas official said Tuesday that Hamas and other Palestinian factions “are uneasy with the statement issued by (Nickolay) Mladenov after his meeting with Netanyahu,” referring to the high representative for Gaza under the Board of Peace.

“The statement focused solely on the issue of weapons and failed to address the occupation’s obligations, particularly those related to humanitarian aspects and Israel’s commitment to halting its aggression, including aerial and artillery bombardment, gunfire, assassinations and military operations in the Gaza Strip,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, which are mediating the truce in Gaza, have criticized Israel after renewed strikes in the Palestinian territory.

Qatar blamed Israel on Tuesday for delays in implementing the Trump plan for Gaza.

“It is clear to the international community who is obstructing the implementation of the agreement,” Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari told reporters. “The full responsibility lies on the Israeli side.”

An increase in Israeli strikes in Gaza over recent days was “nothing more than an attempt to derail the plan’s implementation and block peaceful solutions,” he added.

Following Monday’s meeting with Netanyahu, the Board of Peace posted on X that Israel’s withdrawal beyond the Yellow Line, which demarcates the area between Hamas and Israeli military control, “will take place only once decommissioning (of weapons) is complete, as Hamas committed to the mediators.”

(tag24.com)

I love being right.

BiBi has to make the Israeli far-right happy if he wants to keep his job….and boy does he want to keep his job.

No matter what is done in Gaza to try and stop the killing will be ignored by Israel…..the killing will continue.

What will Donny do?

My guess is….not much.

I Read, I Write, You Know

‘lego ergo scribo’

Hamas Update

Last week it was announced, vaguely, that Hamas in Gaza has agreed to disarm…..and now we have a few details (not many)….

But in case my post was missed…..(not many did)….

Is This Another Donny Bullsh*t Deal?

More news has come out over the weekend….

Hamas confirmed Friday that it will begin disarming as part of a deal announced by President Trump that also requires Israel to end its strikes and withdraw from Gaza. It marks a potential breakthrough in ending the war, but implementation faces major challenges. Hamas also said that laying down its heavy weapons, which would come later in the process, was contingent on the creation of a Palestinian state, something Israel’s current government adamantly rejects, the AP reports. Israel has not officially commented on the deal, which is part of a US-brokered ceasefire announced last October.

That agreement called for Hamas to disarm and hand over power to an independent Palestinian administration. Israel was to withdraw, and an International Stabilization Force was to deploy. But progress stalled, with Israel saying everything hinged on Hamas disarming, and Hamas accusing Israel of violating the agreement by continuing to carry out regular strikes on Gaza.

  • Expectations of implementation are low, the AP reports. Disarming would represent a sea change for Hamas, whose founding charter calls for armed resistance against Israel, and which sees its arsenal, including rockets, anti-tank missiles, and explosives, as lying at the heart of its identity. Israel, meanwhile, appears unlikely to pull back significant forces or make other concessions ahead of its October elections.
  • While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has yet to comment, Itamar Ben-Gvi, Israel’s hardline national security minister, said parts of the agreement are “unacceptable” and Israel’s targeted killings in Gaza “must continue,” the New York Times reports.
  • A copy of the agreement obtained and verified by the AP said that all weapons held by the Hamas-run police will be transferred to the US-backed Palestinian technocratic committee, known as the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, upon its arrival in the enclave. It’s not clear when that would happen since it is contingent on other steps. A process to decommission and store heavy weapons, military production sites, and tunnels will begin after the arrival of the Palestinian committee and the deployment of international forces. The process will be linked to a phased Israeli withdrawal, according to the agreement.
  • During his Cabinet meeting on Friday, Trump said the newly-minted agreement will have “ups and downs.” Still, he said, the deal is a “great breakthrough” that has been helped along by the US and Israel’s war with Iran, which has served as Hamas’ prime backer. “Nobody’s ever thought that would be possible to disarm Hamas,” Trump said. “That shows you how much success we’re having with Iran, because if you go four months ago or five months ago, a deal like that would have been impossible.”
  • Asked whether he thought the deal would go through, he acknowledged that it is a “very complex situation” in Gaza, the BBC reports. “The people are very complex and difficult. In many cases wonderful, in many cases not so wonderful.” He declined to say which would come first, Israeli withdrawal or Hamas disarmament.

This just made me think of more questions…..why would Hamas disarm and leave Israel to run through Gaza willy nilly killing Palestinians?

Israel will be happy but is it because the killing will stop or is it because they will have a free hand in Gaza?

Israeli officials have made clear they have no intention of following the plan, as a senior Israeli official quoted by Israeli media as Netanyahu met with Mladenov said that Israel would not fully withdraw from Gaza and would retain its ability to strike “any threat,” meaning its attacks will continue.

Following the announcement of Hamas agreeing to the disarmament plan, which would involve the group handing its weapons to a new Palestinian body, known as the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, Israel escalated its attacks in Gaza, killing at least 19 Palestinians, including multiple children.

(antiwar.com)

There is your answer….Israel has NO intention to observe the deal.

How long before Donny screws this up?

Is this the end of Gaza as a separate entity?

What about the West Bank?

This is not good news for anyone but Israel.

Thoughts?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Is This Another Donny Bullsh*t Deal?

The news is out and the media is having a go at the story….it appears that Hamas has come to an agreement in Gaza….

President Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions, and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory. Neither Hamas nor Israel gave immediate indication that they had agreed, the AP reports. The White House announcement comes nine months after a US-brokered ceasefire was signed. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas had largely deadlocked over the implementation of its second phase, including the disarmament of Hamas and the reconstruction of Gaza.

  • “The agreement will be carried out in carefully structured phases,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “As disarmament is completed, Israeli forces will withdraw, and the International Stabilization Force will work with a new Palestinian police force to take responsibility for Gaza being safe for its residents and its neighbors.”

Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan calls on the Iran-backed militant group to surrender its weapons and destroy its vast network of tunnels. It also envisions Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza, the arrival of a new technocratic Palestinian government, deployment of an international security force, and the rebuilding of the battered Palestinian enclave after more than two years of war. But Hamas had insisted on implementing the first phase before moving to discuss its weapons. The group’s founding charter calls for armed resistance against Israel, and it has been reluctant to give up an arsenal, including rockets, anti-tank missiles and explosives, that lies at the heart of its identity.

Hamas announced earlier this month that it had dissolved its government in Gaza and was preparing to transfer power to a technical committee backed by the United Nations as part of the ceasefire deal.

  • US and Board of Peace officials, describing the deal to reporters on condition of anonymity under guidelines set by the White House, gave an extremely optimistic assessment of the agreement that laid out a scenario very similar to the one described by Trump and his top aides when the Board of Peace, an international body established by Trump to oversee the ceasefire in Gaza, was first formed.
  • The Gaza police force, however, does not include the vast majority of Hamas militants and heavy weaponry is not included in that part of the agreement, according to the officials. Instead, the surrender of heavy weapons and the decommissioning of Hamas tunnels and other infrastructure are to come later in a process that could take between 200 and 350 days, a Board of Peace official said.
  • A U.S. official said that Israel, which has been deeply skeptical about Hamas’ willingness to give up its guns or relinquish at least behind-the-scenes control of Gaza, had been consulted at every step of the negotiation. However, the official said Israel was not being asked to do anything more than what it had initially committed to when it agreed to Trump’s 20-point plan, which essentially involves withdrawing its forces from Gaza and committing to ending airstrikes on the territory. Israel’s UN mission said it had no immediate comment.

As usual with any deal the Donny says he has made there is few to no specifics….just manure about how well he is doing.

How long before this ‘deal’ falls through?

And will the boss, Israel, allow the deal to go through?

Is this just another Donny pipe dream that leads nowhere?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Will It Be Money Well Spent?

News has come forth about the funds that the EU and Allies will send to Gaza for its rebuilding.

This rising so many questions for me…..

Europe and a roster of allies on Monday promised Gaza $1 billion, but it’s a down payment on a bill that’s much, much larger. The European Commission announced the “Team Gaza Initiative,” a package of aid projects aimed at basic recovery in the enclave more than 2½ years after the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October 2023. The money will go toward clearing rubble, repairing water and sewage systems, and reviving health services, the commission said after a donors’ meeting in Brussels, Reuters reports. “Our objective is clear: to help build hope, resilience and a better future for the Palestinian people,” said EU Commissioner Dubravka Suica.

Participants include Spain, Germany, and France, along with Britain, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, the World Bank, and the European Investment Bank; Australia and Canada are expected to join. President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner attended the meeting. UN estimates put Gaza’s reconstruction cost at about $70 billion. Most of the territory’s roughly 2 million residents remain displaced, many in tents or damaged structures, as Israeli forces maintain control over much of the strip in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls a buffer zone. The EU did not say how the new money would be divided among partners. “The ceasefire in Gaza remains fragile, and the situation on the ground for civilians is not getting better,” Suica said, per the AP.

Seriously?  Rebuild Gaza and as soon as it becomes prosperous Israel decides it is some sort of security risk and starts it’s destruction once again.

Who will get this cash?  Donny and his Israeli-centric Board of Peace is not there to do what is best for the Palestinian people but rather to feather the monetary bed of Israel.

Plus Israel has some sort of strike almost daily to kill more Palestinians and now they want us to pay for their destruction.

I say one thing to BiBi and Israel….KISS MY ASS!

Until the world guarantees Palestine and Gaza existence then there will be just a continuous rebuild then destruction by Israel.

I think it is admirable that the world is stepping up but they need to do so against the warmongering state of Israel or this will be money wasted.

I notice the US is not part of that coalition….they cannot be bothered with the rebuilding of Gaza as long as their lips are affixed to Israel’s ass.

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“lego ergo scribo”

Board Of Peace?

Are you kidding me?

It should read “Bored of Peace”.

We all know what is going on in Gaza if you do not then you are a mindless freak and now that the fighting is over and the death and starvation continues our dear little Donny has a brilliant idea….a Board of Peace.

What is the purpose?

Chaired by Trump, the board was originally envisaged as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire plan. The Trump administration’s ambitions have since expanded into a more sprawling concept, with Trump extending invitations to dozens of nations and hinting the board will soon broker global conflicts. Trump headed on Tuesday for the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where he’s expected to provide more details.  Hint:  He offered very little explanation as usual)

This organization will oversee the rebuilding of Gaza after the devastation by Israel….and members have been announced….

President Trump used the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to unveil a proposed “Board of Peace” for Gaza, bringing leaders from more than a dozen countries onstage Thursday, though many top American allies aren’t participating in the board. Speaking at a ceremony to sign the board’s charter, Trump said it could work with the United Nations to resolve wars not only in the Middle East, where the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza was the genesis of the concept, the AP reports.

  • Trump offered few details about its mandate and how the panel will work or might pursue efforts to end global conflicts, but he hailed the board as “something very, very unique for the world.”
  • “I think we can spread out to other things as as we succeed with Gaza, we’re going to be very successful in Gaza,” Trump said. “We can do numerous other things. Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we want to do.”
  • Trump did not provide specifics about how the board would cooperate with the UN. A number of countries, many of them close US allies, have expressed concerns Trump might want the board to supplant or rival the UN and have either refused to sign on or remained noncommittal. Vladimir Putin says he’ll join the board if the US unfreezes Russian assets. Joining requires paying a $1 billion “bond of peace.”
  • The Guardian notes the the Board of Peace logo resembles the UN logo, “except reworked in Trump fashion: all in gold, and focused squarely on the US.”
  • Some of the leaders at the Board of Peace ceremony had little connection to the Middle East, the Telegraph reports. Argentina, Mongolia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Paraguay were represented. Viktor Orban of Hungary was the only European leader present.

Now I ask you does it make sense to put Israel, US and possibly Russia on a Board of Peace?

This smells like just another way to wrestle Gaza out of the hands of Palestinians to the benefit of the world’s biggest warmongers.

As usual with most of Donny’s plans….there is little information on how it will work.

This is just another scam from the world’s biggest con man.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

WTF Is This?

Note:  I hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe Veteran’s Day.

The news just keeps getting more and more convoluted….it seems that Donny is will to spend $500 million for a base in Israel….

The US is planning to build a large military base in Israel on the Gaza border, according to a joint report from the Israeli investigative outlet Shomrim and the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

The report said that the construction of the base would cost about $500 million and would be designed to house thousands of US and international troops tasked with maintaining the Gaza ceasefire deal.

The US has already established a military outpost in southern Israel to oversee the ceasefire, known as the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), but the construction of such a large base would mark a significant escalation of the US military presence. It would also increase the US involvement in Gaza, where Israel is regularly carrying out attacks and killing Palestinians despite the truce deal.

“It’s hard to overstate the significance of building such a base,” an Israeli security official told Shomrim. “Since the Six-Day War, Israel has sought to minimize international involvement in the territories. The establishment of an American base on Israeli soil shows just how determined Washington is to be involved in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

The US has already deployed 200 troops to the CMCC, which has replaced Israel as the “overseer” of humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza, according to a report from The Washington Post. Israel has continued to restrict aid deliveries to Gaza in violation of the ceasefire deal.

Shomrim said that it asked the US Embassy in Jerusalem for a comment on the report and was referred to the US Department of War, which in turn referred to US Central Command. Shomrim said it hasn’t received a response from CENTCOM. Antiwar.com has asked the State Department for a comment on the report and has yet to receive a reply.

Bloomberg later reported that the US military was exploring the possibility of building a “temporary” base capable of housing 10,000 people near Gaza. The report cited a Request for Information document dated October 31 that said the US Navy was seeking a cost estimate for “a temporary, self-sustaining military base of operations capable of supporting 10,000 personnel and providing 10,000 square feet of office space for a period of 12 months.”

In response to the Bloomberg report, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “This story is based on a single piece of paper produced by random people within the military. Such a plan has not been considered or approved by the highest levels of the United States government and should not be deemed as an official plan in the Middle East.”

(antiwar.com)

WTF?  Why are we building a protection buffer for Israel?  If they cannot do it themselves then f*c k them and let them disappear and do the world a favor.

Plus they are in charge of aid distribution….the very country that has caused the aid problems now in charge…..what sanity is this?

It is time for the US to step back and let Israel do shit for themselves or hold them responsible for their atrocities.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

 

 

Providing Cover Again

Many Americans and especially some of the toads in Donny’s Merry Band of Thugs give as much cover as possible for the genocide and other atrocities that Israel commits almost daily.

Little Donny has once again puked up a lie to get people to stop talking about the food crisis in Gaza.

“I have a plan”

Earlier this week, President Trump said “there is real starvation in Gaza,” contradicting remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Friday, Trump told Axios that he’s planning to do more about it. “We want to help people. We want to help them live. We want to get people fed. It is something that should have happened a long time ago,” he said. The leading international authority on food crises said Tuesday that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in Gaza.

  • Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, visited a controversial aid distribution site in Gaza on Friday, the BBC reports. In a post on X, he said he visited the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site at Trump’s direction to give the president “a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation and help craft a plan to deliver food and medical aid to the people of Gaza.”
  • Sites run by the US and Israeli-backed GHF replaced United Nations sites in May, but the UN and health officials say hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli fire while heading to the sites, the AP reports. On Friday, Human Rights Watch said the GHF was the central part of a “flawed, militarized aid distribution system that has turned aid distributions into regular bloodbaths.”
  • Witkoff was joined by Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, who said the GHF sites were delivering more than a million meals a day in an “incredible feat.”
  • It’s not clear whether Trump’s plan will involve more backing for the GHF or a different aid delivery system. He told Axios that while he is concerned about starvation, he blames Hamas for stealing aid. In a post on Truth Social Thursday, he said, “The fastest way to end the Humanitarian Crises in Gaza is for Hamas to SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!!”
  • Sources tell the Atlantic that Trump is starting to believe “what many in Washington have thought for months: Netanyahu is looking to prolong the conflict in Gaza, in open defiance of Trump’s wish for the war to end.” The sources say Trump and some of his aides believe Israel accomplished its military goals in Gaza some time ago and Netanyahu is seeking “to maintain his own political power.”

Ambassador Huckabee goes to Gaza and reports back that everything is A-ok…..

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with the U.S.-backed aid organization that’s been setting death traps for starving Palestinians.

Huckabee said Friday morning that he and special envoy Steve Witkoff visited Gaza to “learn the truth” about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, whose aid sites have become the locus of mass casualty events on a near-daily basis

The United Nations reported Thursday that at least 859 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to receive aid at GHF sites between May 27 and July 31, mostly by the Israeli military.

Huckabee seemed pleased after receiving a briefing from the Israeli military and meeting with GHF workers on the ground. “GHF delivers more than one million meals a day, an incredible feat!” Huckabee wrote in a post on X.

But GHF has now been implicated in hundreds of Palestinians deaths, as the widespread famine in Gaza worsens.

https://newrepublic.com/post/198711/mike-huckabee-goes-gaza-ghf-israel

Why would anyone listen to this fake Christian asshole?

Anyone nay everyone can see that everything is NOT okay in Gaza….people are starving….this douche bag gives Christians a bad name.

For instance the lack of food distribution by an US and Israeli backed group, GHF…..the one the Huckabutt says if doing a good job…

Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar, a retired US Army Green Beret who worked in Gaza at aid distribution sites run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has blown the whistle on the operation and is speaking out about war crimes he witnessed the IDF commit.

Today, Tucker Carlson published an interview with Aguilar and he also appeared on Breaking Points with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti.

For coming forward, Aguilar is being smeared by the GHF as a liar, and he addresses those claims in the Breaking Points interview. Carlson said he would have the former Green Beret back on his show next week for an in depth response to the allegations.

Both interviews can be found here:

https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2025/07/31/ghf-whistleblower-who-witnessed-war-crimes-in-gaza-interviewed-by-tucker-carlson/

Huckabutt is a goddamn disgrace to his religion and to all of humanity…..someone help this ‘person’ (and I use the term lightly) retire and soon.

There is more about the criminals in GHF….the use of American mercenaries….

Americans working for a little known U.S.-based private military contractor have begun to come forward to media and members of Congress with charges that their work has involved using live ammunition for crowd control and other abusive measures against unarmed civilians seeking food at controversial food distribution sites run by the Global Humanitarian Fund (GHF) in Gaza.

UG Solutions was hired by the GHF to secure and deliver food into Gaza. The GHF, with the help of the PMCs claims to have provided nearly 100 million meals to Gaza. Israel put GHF in control of what used to be the UN-led aid mission.

The UN, however, has called the new model an “abomination” which “provides nothing but starvation and gunfire to the people of Gaza,” referring to the 1000 Gazans who have been killed near or at the GHF centers since May. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have been accused of shooting and shelling unarmed civilians. The American contractors say they have witnessed it and have been told to use live ammunition in their own crowd control efforts.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-contractors-gaza-food-2673791401/

US actions around the world and especially in Gaza illustrates that the US is NO longer a beacon of hope….it has become a cancer on the planet.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Will It Last?

Since today is the big day this question could be about the upcoming 4 years but it is not rather it is about the ceasefire deal in the Middle East which began yesterday.

The AP reports Majid al-Ansari said in a post on X that the ceasefire will start at 8:30am local time Sunday. He advised people to exercise caution when the agreement goes into effect and to wait for directions from officials.

Under the first phase of the ceasefire, 33 hostages are set to be released over the next six weeks, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The exchange will begin Sunday at 4pm. During each exchange, prisoners will be released by Israel after the hostages have arrived safely. The remainder, including male soldiers, are to be released in a second phase that will be negotiated during the first. Hamas has said it will not release the remaining captives without a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal.

The plan says that during phase one, some 1,900 Palestinian prisoners will be released, in exchange for 33 Israeli hostages, both alive and dead. Among the prisoners, 1,167 are residents in Gaza who were held by Israel but were not involved in Oct. 7. All women and children under 19 from Gaza held by Israel will be freed during this phase. All Palestinian prisoners who were convicted of deadly attacks will be exiled, either to Gaza or abroad, and barred from returning to Israel or the West Bank. Some will be exiled for three years and others permanently, according to the plan.

Despite the ceasefire news, sirens sounded across central Israel on Saturday, with the army saying it intercepted projectiles launched from Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthis have stepped up their missile attacks in recent weeks. The group says the attacks are part of their campaign aimed at pressuring Israel and the West over the war in Gaza. There were also continued Israeli strikes into Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least 23 people were killed in the previous day.

So will this ceasefire last?

Likely not…..

The ceasefire agreement regarding the Gaza Strip can be welcomed as a modest reprieve from the immense suffering that the residents of that territory have endured for the past 15 months.

The Israeli military assault on the Strip has inflicted deaths that according to the official count has passed more than 46,600. This tally likely undercounts actual deaths by more than 40 percent, with the majority of fatalities being women, children, and the elderly.

This is in addition to all the other suffering from continuing military operations. There have been more than 111,265 reported injuries, including life-changing disabilities in an environment in which Israel has largely destroyed the healthcare system.

The agreement also commits Israel to allowing an increased number of trucks bearing badly needed humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Other benefits include the release of a number of Israeli hostages that Hamas took in its attack in October 2023. Also to be released are several hundred Palestinians whom Israel has imprisoned. The Palestinians can be considered hostages, too. Although some of those to be released have been given sentences of imprisonment, many of the Palestinians Israel incarcerates are held indefinitely without charge, incommunicado, and without legal representation.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/gaza-ceasefire-2670860243/

I have not decided if the swearing in is worth my attentio9n.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Is There A Gaza Deal?

After many long months of death and destruction there is news that there is a ceasefire deal for Gaza….

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The deal, coming after weeks of painstaking negotiations in Qatar, promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel. It would allow hundreds of thousands of people displaced in Gaza to return to what remains of their homes, and would also flood badly needed humanitarian aid into a devastated territory.

With good news there is always a caveat when Israel is involved….

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night addressed the ceasefire deal being worked out between Israel and Hamas, emphasizing that the agreement is not yet complete. He later went further, claiming Hamas backtracked on a previous understanding of the three-phase deal. The AP reports that claim “could indicate that obstacles remain” to actually implementing the deal, which would see dozens of Israeli hostages released by Hamas in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners being released by Israel and hundreds of displaced Palestinians being allowed to return to their homes in Gaza.

Then the news, if you were paying attention, it was a Trump envoy that moved the negotiations along to this point….

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, did more to pressure Israel to agree to a hostage and ceasefire deal in one meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than President Biden did in an entire year, two Arab officials have told The Times of Israel.

Witkoff met with Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Saturday and got him to make concessions, which Israeli media said was the deciding factor that led to the ceasefire deal announced on Wednesday.

It’s unclear how Witkoff got Netanyahu to agree to the deal, but the Biden administration refused to use any of its leverage over Israel to force a deal and continued providing huge amounts of military aid to support the genocidal slaughter in Gaza.

Even though Witkoff played a crucial role in the deal, Biden took credit for the agreement. “My diplomacy never ceased in their efforts to get this done,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.

In brief remarks at the White House, Biden credited his foreign policy team, who he referred to as “peacemakers” despite their role in backing the slaughter in Gaza. When asked by a reporter if he or Trump should get credit for the deal, Biden said, “Is that a joke?”

Biden also credited his strong backing of Israel as a factor that led to the deal. But unconditional US support for Israel emboldened Netanyahu to sabotage previous negotiations and escalate elsewhere in the region.

The ceasefire deal is based on an outline Biden proposed back in May 2024, which Hamas accepted months ago. The agreement involves three phases and does not commit Israel to a permanent ceasefire.

(antiwar.com)

My hat goes off to the Trump admin if the report is true….Trump may have done what Biden was unwilling top do.

Now I ask what was said to get this process to this point?

We there threats or promises?

And not to worry this will not be the end for Israel will find an excuse to kill more and destroy more….usually the two most common excuses are ‘self-defense’ and ‘national security’

I hope I am wrong but I feel this is far from over.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Is Biden Miffed?

The conflict (if we can call it that) in Gaza has been going on damn year a year….there have been many proposals to try and get Israel to stop the onslaught but so far no success….

Now Biden after butt licking Israel for all these months has seemed to get frustrated and irritated with BiBi……

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again was dismissive on Monday of calls to do more to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, though this time one of the voices came from the White House lawn. Netanyahu did not yield to demands for an immediate ceasefire despite pressure including work stoppages across Israel and a UK move limiting arms exports. At one point in a press conference, per the AP, Netanyahu said: “No one is more committed to freeing the hostages than me. But no one will preach to me.” Developments include:

  • Biden’s “No”: Asked by reporters after he landed at the White House in Marine One whether Netanyahu was doing enough to reach a deal for the hostages’ return, President Biden answered, “No.” He then went inside for a Situation Room meeting on the issue that included Vice President Kamala Harris and officials involved in the Gaza ceasefire talks, the New York Times reports.
  • Next US moves: Biden is considering presenting Israel and Hamas with a final proposal for an agreement this week, per NBC News. A White House readout shows Biden expressed anger in the meeting at the killing of six hostages and stressed the need to hold Hamas accountable. The group planned consultations with mediators Qatar and Egypt.
  • Netanyahu digs in: In his first press conference since the killings, the prime minister stuck to his plans for a continued Israeli presence on Philadelphi Corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border, a stance that has been blamed for delaying an agreement, per the Washington Post. Yielding after the hostage killings, Netanyahu said, would send Hamas the message: “Slay hostages and you’ll get concessions.” Asked when he would consider the war over, per the Times, Netanyahu said, “When Hamas no longer rules Gaza.”
  • UK decision: Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced Monday that the UK is suspending the export of some arms to Israel because of the risk that the weapons would be used in “serious violation of international humanitarian law.” About 30 out of 350 arms export licenses are affected, per the Post, including the sales of components for military aircraft including fighter aircraft, helicopters, and drones.
  • Domestic pressure: In the biggest such action of the war against Hamas, schools, local governments, hospitals, and transport networks slowed or stopped operations Monday in protest of Netanyahu’s government. The labor strike stopped at 2:30pm after more than eight hours, when a court decreed the labor leaders had provided insufficient notice of the stoppage.

I would take Biden more seriously if in his supposed anger he mentioned the thousands of innocents killed by the IDF or the numerous aid convoys that have also been attacked or the refusal to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza…..but he is only outraged by something that he is paid to be outraged about…..

I believe this faux anger is a sham a way to try and quell the growing protests at our inaction to stopping a murderous machine.

Time for the US to start acting like the beacon of democracy that it claims to be.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”