Posted on 12/26/2023 4:07:34 PM PST by Twotone
Hamas terrorists and their allies in Islamic Jihad have shot down Egypt's ceasefire proposal. While still open to bartering with the lives of Israeli hostages in order to temporarily stave off annihilation, the terror groups appear unwilling to surrender control over Gaza or make other concessions per the terms of the proposal.
Egypt developed the ceasefire proposal with the Hamas-friendly Gulf state of Qatar and presented it to Israel, Hamas, the U.S., and various European governments on Monday, reported Al Jazeera.
The proposal asks that Israel fully withdraw from Gaza and for the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian regime to oversee the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Qatar, Egypt, and the U.S. would coordinate on the formation of this new "non-factional" regime.
The proposal further calls for multiple rounds of hostage and prisoner exchanges where Hamas would turn over civilians first, then female Israeli soldiers. Israel would in turn free some of the thousands of Palestinians it presently holds on security-related charges or convictions.
After the initial exchanges, Egypt proposed that Israel and the Islamic terrorists would engage in "a month of negotiations to discuss the release of all military personnel held by Hamas in exchange for a lot more [Palestinian] prisoners."
Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, said in a statement on Christmas, "We reiterate that there are no negotiations without a comprehensive cessation of aggression. The leadership of the movement seeks with all force to stop the aggression and massacres against our people completely."
The terrorist spokesman, whose comrades' terror plot in Europe was recently thwarted, indicated further that Hamas is not interested in "temporary truces or a partial truce for a short period, after which the aggression and terrorism will continue."
Reuters reported that a senior Islamic Jihad official indicated that his group — which, like Hamas, seeks the military destruction of Israel — noted a similar unwillingness to agree to any concessions besides possibly turning over more hostages seized on Oct. 7.
The Islamic Jihad delegation in Cairo reportedly floated the fanciful suggestion that the group will not turn over Israeli hostages until Israel releases all Palestinians presently in its custody.
Islamic Jihad militants reportedly still have a number of Israeli hostages in captivity. Over 100 Israeli hostages are believed to still be in the clutches of Hamas terrorists.
The Associated Press reported that Israeli officials, faced with sustained albeit ineffective Hamas rocket attacks Monday, were similarly less than enthused about the proposal.
Mohammed Cherkaoui, a diplomacy professor at George Mason University, told Al Jazeera that one of the proposal's many tripping points is its requirement that Israel back down from its pledge to eradicate Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told members of his Likud Party, "We are expanding the fight in the coming days and this will be a long battle and it isn't close to finished."
Netanyahu noted in a Monday post on X, "We don't stop and we won't stop fighting. The war continues to the end. Until Hamas is finished, no less than that."
So far, 156 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the fighting extra to the over 1,200 Israelis massacred on Oct. 7. According to Time, 20,400 Palestinians have been killed over the past 11 weeks.
They have chosen poorly.
SHOW ME WHO IS SURPRISED BY THIS-—————
I only went to a one room school & never got a college degree-—but I am smart enough to see this coming.
When everyone is supposed to react with sympathy to the media, UN and college students talking about the humanitarian crisis of displaced Gazans, let’s remember they voted FOR HAMAS in their election. Sort of like New Yorkers who are crybabies after voting for Dems again.
well, bye
well, bye
Israel needs more parking.
That’s right.
They would probably agree to Israel complying. Just like democommies right here..
Yes, goodbye and good riddance to HAMas.
Hasn’t Hamas been repeatedly elected? Wasn’t that the plan when Netanyahu helped to engineer Hamas’ rise to power? In an election, even after all this, I assume Hamas would win again.
In the attempts to end the Vietnam War with the US being insulted and put in a dangerous position, high level diplomats spent months arguing about the shape of the conference table.
“The North Vietnamese and the NLF preferred a square table to stress equality between the parties while the US and South Vietnam proposed a rectangular table that did not provide an equal amount of space for all of the parties.”
Note: Earlier King Arthur thought up the Round Table so no one would be at the head of the table.
Jan 27, 1973
From Researchgate.com
So, death it is!
Say hello to Ruth Ginsburg and Ariel Sharon. Fire up for Joe Biden!
IIRC, BJ Clinton thought he had pulled off a great event when he got Israel and Palestinian Authority to set down and sign a plan for peace.
All that was lacking was the signatures — at which point the Palestinian Authority walked out.
PA doesn’t want peace and doesn’t want a settlement. The leadership is enjoying the gravy train — all that foreign aid coming in each year.
May they die quickly and painfully.
when you kill them they will surrender power
“”The leadership of the movement seeks with all force to stop the aggression and massacres against our people completely.””
AGGRESSION and MASSACRES?? Do they know the meaning of those two words?
‘Negotiate’ with an entity named Islamic Jihad??
Reminds me of the organization La Raza. If the evil Caucasian race were to form an organization call The Race, well, let’s just say it wouldn’t be welcomed.
No doubt there are millions who think Islam is the path. Unfortunately, there are also millions who believe that ‘path’ is to kill every Jew and Christian. First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people. God has blessed Israel with great leaders when needed most. After October 7th, and with hundreds of thousands of Israelis evacuated from the north due to Hezbollah/Iran, Israel has finally begun what I hoped they would do. Scrape Gaza and Hamas. Israel now has many leaders who realize they cannot allow daily rockets to rain down on them. As the IDF moved into Gaza, they discovered underground tunnel entrances in almost every other house/building. In most Israeli homes and buildings there are not tunnels, but bomb shelters due to the constant rockets. It is past time to eliminate all of the rockets, rocket launchers, and the subhuman animals that build and launch the rockets.
In Israel, Arabs can live, vote, create businesses and a future for their children. Outside of Israel, not many Arabs/Persians, whatever, can say the same.
Hate will always be with us. But if we eliminate many, many of the haters, there will be less hate.
And...THAT should tell you all you nned to know...
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