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Biden hints US wants Gaza ceasefire if all hostages released
Jerusalem Post ^ | October 24, 2023 | By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Posted on 10/23/2023 5:56:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

US President Joe Biden hinted that he could support a Gaza ceasefire if Hamas released all the 222 hostages it seized from southern Israel on October 7.

During a White House event, a reporter asked him, “Is the United States supporting a hostage for a ceasefire deal.”

Biden responded, “We should have a ceasefire,” he said and then corrected himself.

“We should have the hostages released and then we should talk,” Biden said.

He spoke as the Israeli army has amassed at the Gaza border and is prepared for a ground campaign to oust Hamas from the Strip.

The US has advised Israel to hold off on a ground assault in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and is keeping Qatar - a broker with Hamas - apprised of those talks, sources said.

The White House, Pentagon and State Department have stepped up private appeals for caution in conversations with the Israelis.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Hey Joe (Hendrix reference), Did the U.S. "ceasefire" after 9/11? Hell no, we invaded Afghanistan AND Iraq..

STFU, Joe. Israel has every right to make Hamas pay dearly for slaughtering 1400 innocent Israeli citizens.

41 posted on 10/23/2023 6:37:17 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
..... Biden wants a cease fire to give Hamas and the Palestinians enough time to regroup and rearm ....

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42 posted on 10/23/2023 6:39:07 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: metmom; All

“No. Not a snowball’s chance.

Do NOT negotiate with terrorists. Retribution is the ONLY thing they will understand.”
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I agree 100%. These particular terrorists must be destroyed, so that they can never again commit mass atrocities, the likes of which haven’t been seen in the West in nearly 80 years. Destroying these particular terrorists will also make other terrorists think twice before planning something similar, and it will weaken the credibility of the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism, Iran.

No negotiations with terrorists, especially ones proud of their barbaric attempt at genocide.

Hamas delenda est. And those Hezbollah phuckers have some coming their way, too.


43 posted on 10/23/2023 6:39:37 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden and his entire regime can drop dead. They and their puppeteer Odungo HATE JEWS. Any idea from them is certain to be detrimental to Jews and to Israel, their G-d-given homeland.


44 posted on 10/23/2023 6:41:08 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hey Joe! You are the worst “foreign policy expert” in history. You are clueless, man.


45 posted on 10/23/2023 6:44:59 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As if the Afgan fiasco wasn’t enough...now this.


46 posted on 10/23/2023 6:45:40 PM PDT by AFret. (.)
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To: Leaning Right

“At least half those hostages are dead. Or in the case of the females of all ages, raped and dead. How are you going to handle that, Potato Head Joe?”
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He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about them, he only acts like he cares in public to get a relatively small amount of aid for Israel that can be bundled with a huge amount for Ukraine, a portion of which will end up in his pocket. Biden is the 2nd lowest form of life on the planet, with a tie for first between Obama and Hillary.


47 posted on 10/23/2023 6:47:10 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No. Time to get rid of hamas and hezbolla. They need to be destroyed.


48 posted on 10/23/2023 6:48:05 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: metmom

AMEN!!! I so agree with you!
This is worse than the holocaust. This is a war to extinquish the Jews!... It won’t happen because the Bible says it won’t happen..... but we must FIGHT against this Demonic activity!!...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpkv3HZURNo&t=2s

it takes a minute for the video to start. Amir Tsarfati “ Behold Israel”...the best and most knowledgeable Christian Jew in Israel.


49 posted on 10/23/2023 6:58:44 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Sarah Barracuda

You are SO RIGHT... Hamas must go!!... I fear they are already infiltrating our Southern Border!


50 posted on 10/23/2023 7:00:00 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: metmom

“No. Not a snowball’s chance.“

I think there is a good chance. Biden, the EU and the UN will put their foot on Israel’s neck. There will be no ground invasion. So the message is clear. Rape, murder and burn but make sure you leave some alive to use as hostages so you will can use them to cut a deal for no consequence for what you have done.


51 posted on 10/23/2023 7:18:30 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There can be a cease fire if every Hamas member decides to surrender so the IDF can execute them by the firing squad. Then everyone else can be sparred in Gaza.


52 posted on 10/23/2023 7:21:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden has absolutely nothing of value to say on the matter. The reality of the mideast simply eludes him and his bunch of failed retread diplomats.


53 posted on 10/23/2023 7:46:17 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So, we’re going to betray Israel so we can continue to the failed proxy war in Ukraine?


54 posted on 10/23/2023 8:39:44 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Brandon plays for the “Other Team”...


55 posted on 10/23/2023 8:41:11 PM PDT by AFret. (.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think that Biden should just turn himself over to them in exchange for all the hostages.


56 posted on 10/23/2023 9:17:23 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The horror of Oct 07 was specifically designed to cause a massive Israeli assault on Gaza... to get Israel to throw common sense out the window and in Her rage lash out in exactly the wrong way...

If Israel instead restrains itself and does not raze Gaza to the ground then those who engineered this outrage will be both dispirited and shocked.

There is zero need to level Gaza, all that is required is to annex a small strip at the southern end and take total control of all transit in and out of Gaza. this will destroy Hamas.

The revenge that Israel seeks for Oct 07 would be best levied against those who engineered and financed the outrage.... and if any justice is to be had it will involve a reckoning with those worthies.

At this point all that is required is a Casus Belli of sufficient magnitude to set the game afoot....


57 posted on 10/24/2023 12:30:16 AM PDT by Bobalu (The political prosecution of Donald Trump marks the official end of US democracy.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

DemocRATS used to be the Jackass party, now they are the Hamas party.


58 posted on 10/24/2023 2:39:56 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: McGruff
Biden should quit telling Israel what to do.

Unfortunately, Israel depends on getting US aid. I am not totally sure about #3.

  1. $10.6 billion for assistance through the Defense Department, including air and missile defense support, industrial base investments and replenishment of US stocks being drawn down to support Israel.
  2. The aid aims to bolster Israel’s air and missile defense system readiness and support its procurement of Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile defense systems and components, as well as the development of the Iron Beam.
  3. $3.7 billion for the State Department to strengthen Israel’s military and enhance US Embassy security.

59 posted on 10/24/2023 3:44:36 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: Ancesthntr
No negotiations with terrorists, especially ones proud of their barbaric attempt at genocide.

I wonder, however, if their attack truly was an attempt at genocide rather than an attempt to intimidate, demoralize, and terrify the Israeli population, to inflict as much emotional and psychological harm as possible to those they left alive.

It would certainly seem to fit with the way terrorists work.

60 posted on 10/24/2023 5:42:04 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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