Posted on 08/18/2024 11:17:01 AM PDT by RandFan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel in his latest effort to push for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal in Gaza.
His ninth trip to the region since the war began in October comes days after the US presented a modified proposal aimed at bridging long-standing gaps between the two sides.
The US and Israel have expressed optimism about a deal since talks resumed in Doha last week, but Hamas says suggestions of progress are an "illusion".
Differences are said to include whether Israeli troops will be required to withdraw fully from the Gaza Strip, as Hamas insists.
A Hamas source has told Saudi media that the proposals include the IDF maintaining a reduced presence along the Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow strip of land along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt.
But Israeli sources have told the Times of Israel, external that other procedures along the border could compensate for an Israeli withdrawal from the area in the first phase of the deal.
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Hamas has already rejected the proposal that Israel set forth.
Hamas isn’t even attending the talks. This is just an effort to get Israel to cease fire with no concessions at all from Hamas.
Should Trump win, see who takes "early retirement" and moves overseas to enjoy their foreign bank accounts.
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Iranian money is being funneled into black ops accounts controlled by our own intel agencies and used against Trump's campaign here.
Israel must learn to survive without the USA, because the USA is going away.
True.
But he is worse. He is a traitor to the nation, of long such standing.
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