Speaking at a news conference in Doha, Qatar, alongside Qatar’s prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Mr. Blinken said that “a deal was on the table that was virtually identical” to one that Hamas put forward on May 6.
At some point, he said, “you have to question whether they’re proceeding in good faith or not.”
Permanent vs temporary ceasefire isn’t virtually identical lmao.
Fuck Blinken and fuck the NYT
Fuck anyone that gives speeches at AIPAC and expects us to believe they’re not bought off already
Now, I have to admit – (applause) – thank you. As I was talking with Michael and Howard and the other senior leadership of AIPAC a moment ago, I said my lifelong ambition has already been fulfilled by AIPAC because a few years ago – some of you may have been there – I got to appear in the Dallas Cowboys football stadium on a jumbotron. (Laughter.) Never thought that would happen. It’s thanks to you.
Motherfuckers don’t even try to deny that they’ve been bought off.
If you’re mad conservatives buy off SC justices with trips and bribes, then you should be pissed off when other high level government officials are bought off.
And AIPAC buys a shit ton of government officials, regardless of party or anything else.
They just require complete dedication to Israel over everything else
Why is it hard to believe that the people who started this war don’t actually want it to end
What?
I agree with that (except calling this genocide a war).
Israel started it decades ago, and openly keep saying they won’t let it end until their genocide is finished.
They don’t want it to end yet, because there’s still Palestinians alive in Gaza.
Whatever you need to tell yourself to justify your thirst for blood I guess
I genuinely don’t understand what Hamas gains by continuing this conflict.
Really?
You know the human rights abuses and land grabbing happened prior to 10/7, right?
And they want the permanent ceasefire so that it finally stops.
If it’s not an internationally recognized permanent ceasefire, Israel is going right back to what they were doing prior to 10/7.
Anything else is just Hamas giving up every bargaining chip they have for no gain…
There is a permanent ceasefire in the plan that Hamas rejected.
They literally told us the other day. Palestinian deaths help hamas. The leader was all for it
The answer is that the more death and suffering they can cause to civilian Palestinians, the more they can drive a cultural wedge between Israel and the Arab nations. Their end goal here is to get a friendly government in, say, Egypt and then win a war to conquer Israel with that foreign support.
The wedge is already there, has been since the start. Our leaders are puppets, however, so it doesn’t matter.
Arab leaders are smart enough to know that attacking Israel would either lead to defeat or nuclear annihilation, and so, seek peace. Regardless of the wishes of the populace.
