Posted on 06/12/2024 11:46:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Hamas for refusing a UN-backed cease-fire proposal, saying the terror group could have halted the war in Gaza with a single word.
Speaking from Qatar on Wednesday, Blinken pointed out that the current proposal is nearly identical to the one Hamas itself proposed last month, accusing the terrorists of prolonging the war just to insert more demands that undermine the ongoing peace talks.
“It was a deal that Israel accepted and the world was behind. Hamas could have answered with a single word: ‘Yes,'” Blinken told reporters in Doha.
While he did not go into the specific demands that Hamas is now making, the secretary of state described some of the requests as “workable,” while others were clearly nonstarters.
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Biden accept the proposal he made on behalf of Israel thereby binding them to his decree. That’s how the rules based international order works.
Ah there’s another party involved lest we forget LOL;-)
Every single time that the PLO, or Hezbollah, or Hamas or the Taliban have been given what they asked for, they turned around and said NO, seeing in the other side weakness.
The Islamists see any kind of compromise as weakness and believe they are winning when the other side offers compromises. The Israelis know this, gave them what they asked for, and they said no. Predictable, and allows the Israelis to keep kicking their can back into hades.
Blinken announces more than $400M in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza
“Only one third of the current United Nations appeal is funded. That leaves a shortfall of approximately $2 billion to $3 billion. Every country can help fill this gap. Yet some who expressed great concern over the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza, including countries with the capacity to give a lot, have provided very little – or nothing at all,” Blinken said without naming specific countries. “It is time for everyone, everyone, to step up.”
The new $404 million in funding from the US will go toward “food, safe drinking water, health care, protection, education, shelter, and psychosocial support,” according to a media note from the State Department.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/politics/antony-blinken-gaza-aid-humanitarian
The most useless, feckless SoS since Cyrus Vance..
Blinken is such a fool.
The entire Biden administration lies to our faces and promotes a narrative that an idiot could debunk. America’s gravitas and international reputation is in tatters.
Biden gave them the nod for the Gaza bloodshed by hammering Israel with no support or else deal.
The problem that Blinken and the Biden Administration have with trying to put together a deal is that each side wants an agreement where the other side no longer exists. Not sure there room for diplomacy with that kind of demand. And it’s ridiculous that Blinken doesn’t have a clue about who he’s dealing with.
Delusional twit! Hamas wants to exterminate the Jews, not make peace
No peace
No negotiations
No recognition
Blinkey Dangerfield. No respect.
In this case I'm not seeing the problem.
Frankly I’m sick of seeing this guy in the news clips. He appears weak and has no none authority to make any decisions!
“Hamas Covenant 1988”
“The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up. Neither a single Arab country nor all Arab countries, neither any king or president, nor all the kings and presidents, neither any organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or Arab, possess the right to do that.”
“There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors.”
“It is necessary to instill the spirit of Jihad in the heart of the nation so that they would confront the enemies and join the ranks of the fighters.”
“Woman in the home of the fighting family, whether she is a mother or a sister, plays the most important role in looking after the family, rearing the children and embuing them with moral values and thoughts derived from Islam. She has to teach them to perform the religious duties in preparation for the role of fighting awaiting them. That is why it is necessary to pay great attention to schools and the curriculum followed in educating Moslem girls, so that they would grow up to be good mothers, aware of their role in the battle of liberation.”
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp
He’s such a beta twerp.
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