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- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday in announcing the outlines of the biggest breakthrough in months in the two-year-old war.
“This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace,” Trump wrote on social media. “All Parties will be treated fairly!”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on social media, “With God’s help we will bring them all home.” Hamas said separately that the deal would ensure the withdrawal of Israeli troops as well as allow for the entry of aid and exchange of hostages and prisoners.
Hamas plans to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza.
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Israel is using food as a weapon of war
Israel is using an orange fool as a weapon of war.
Aipac is funded by American Zionists and Israel is funded by the USA. The USA is the one who control Israel and will always be
Who the fk does he think he is (Netanyahu)? Who’s the fking superpower here? - Bill Clinton
Everything Trump and the other presidents done was always to serve the USA imperialism
So what are the odds this lasts, and how does Trump react if his grand plan falls apart? The 20 point plan seems like it’ll be a very hard sell in Israel in general, let alone to the far right partners in Netanyahu’s coalition.
He seems pretty pissed off at Putin right now, and is now talking about Ukraine retaking all its territories.
I don’t think it would go well for Israel if this deal fell through.
I don’t share your optimism
I’d expect nothing less on this platform.
Fair enough, I just haven’t meaningfully seen any reduction in US support for Israel in my entire life. I’d like to be wrong fwiw
Trump’s done a lot of things never seen before, if it’s going to happen, hurting his ego is what will do it.
The reason I don’t think that will happen is he needs his evangelical base and they’re obsessed with full support for Israel because they desperately want the temple in Jerusalem rebuilt because they think it’ll bring about the end times.
It’s possible. And then how does Israel react? There’s already been talk of autarky over there, and they have a nuclear arsenal. The pieces are there for a last-ditch attempt at becoming a rogue state if US backing disappears.
A nation like North Korea, for example, has good relations with one neighbour, and their relations with the other entirely depend on how much they’ve pissed them off lately.
Israel isn’t so fortunate. Without support from countries like the US, they’d likely cease to exist, given how they’ve systematically pissed off every neighbour they have.
It’s not an exact analogy, though, because they’re actually stronger than their neighbors, who don’t really have superpower allies of their own. If Israel were to take that path, they’d start by expanding (more), and rely on the weakening of the world order to get away with it. The economics would be straight out of the historical empires.
I think that’s plausible just because of how deep into the hate Israeli society has gotten, and how they’ve already set up economic and legal mechanisms like that on a small scale, through their settlement movement.
The other option is basically that, however it shakes out through domestic politics, they give up and do whatever the US makes them. Which would be less frightening, but leaves another chapter to be written whenever the US fully loses interest in having anything to do with them, since the shift away from Zionism crosses party lines there.
and is now talking about Ukraine retaking all its territories
Talk’s cheap, and no talk is cheaper than Trump’s. See if there’s any action before drawing any conclusion.
Yeah! The us will probably sanction their ass back to BC.
Just like the last time.
yeah
If a sentence or headline ends with “Trump Says” you can disregard it
Edit: at best you can infer the opposite. But mostly they are information-free.
This is like the third time we’ve been at the “both sides agree!” Portion of things, only for it to never actually happen, Israel just continues the murdering…
The whole regime lies twice every time they open their mouth once. Sorry Diaper Donnie, you still haven’t earned that Nobel Prize, now release the Epstein files.
If the peace deal succeed. Never forget to keep asking your governments to sanction Israel and do both way arm embargo
May this one last longer than the previous one. And may it actually be good for the Palestinians
No peace deal imposed by the Israelis and Trump will ever be good for the Palestinians.
Did they really agree, or is it just another installment in the seemingly infinite flow of Trump bullshit?
