Irv Posted January 16 Posted January 16 2 hours ago, B-Man said: #100% Trump Obammy speaking on behalf of the White House. When will this loser go away? What a mess. 1
IrishLass Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Too bad Biden didn't "get it done" before the election. So Harris could have an accomplishment to run on. lol. 1 1
B-Man Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Of course. Israel Delays Deal Approval After Hamas Hokey Pokey Ed Morrissey Don't say you weren't warned. Yesterday, everyone in the world attempted to claim credit for a hostage-exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, even though the agreement technically didn't get final approval. Israel had agreed to the terms on the table, Hamas had supposedly given a 'green light,' but I wrote yesterday that Hamas usually attempts to pull their last-minute manipulations at this very stage. And ... welcome to the Hamas Hokey Pokey: Quote President Biden and the prime minister of Qatar announced Wednesday both Israel and Hamas had accepted the truce, the result of a year of painstaking diplomacy that reached a conclusion in the days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as president. Palestinian militant group Hamas also said it had reached a deal with Israel, while Israeli President Isaac Herzog welcomed the agreement and urged the Israeli government to accept it. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas on Thursday of reneging on parts of the agreement during negotiations taking place in Qatar, creating what his office called “a last-minute crisis.” Every. Single. Time. Although, it's tough to expect much else from a group whose mission is the annihilation of every Jew on the planet, except those they subjugate into slavery. This is one reason why the US and Western position was to refuse to negotiate with terrorists at all, and for that matter genocidal regimes run by terrorists. We refused terms to the Nazis and Imperial Japan for that very reason -- because there is no rational discussions possible with genocidal nutcases bent on mass murder by any means possible. https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/01/16/israel-delays-deal-approval-after-hamas-hokey-pokey-n3798866
B-Man Posted February 25 Posted February 25 The Gaza Ceasefire Ends Saturday. Will the War Resume? John Sexton In order to appreciate where we are right now with the Gaza ceasefire, you have to compare it to what was supposed to happen. The idea was to create a 6-week ceasefire, known as phase one, during which Hamas would hand over Israeli hostages, often 3-4 at a time, and Israel would respond to by freeing Palestinian prisoners, often hundreds at a time. And while this temporary truce was in place Israel and Hamas would discuss plans for phase two in which a) all the remaining hostages would be released and b) the war would finally end with some plan for the future of Gaza having been reached. So here we are just days away from the deadline that will mark the end of phase one and things are not going as planned. In Israel, people have rejoiced every time hostages are released. The whole thing is televised in real time, but Hamas has turned the releases into a sad spectacle where the hostages are paraded through a small army of Hamas fighters and forced to sign documents and wave to the cameras as if they are cheerfully saying goodbye to their captors. All of these people were kidnapped, many have lost family members to Hamas violence and they've been held captive for more than a year, often starved and forced to work like servants in the households where they stayed. None of them feel like waving fond goodbyes to their captors but Hamas is determined to put on a show. And then you had the handover of Shiri Bibas and her two children last Thursday. This family in particular has really impacted a lot of Israelis because the children were so young (4 years and 9 months) and because video of them being abducted showed the tremendous fear on the face of their mother. {snip} So what will happen next? Most likely the US will intervene and try to extend the ceasefire to allow for a few more exchanges of hostages/prisoners. There is probably a limit on this process however as there are only about 60 hostages left. Hamas won't be willing to release them all because then they would have no leverage left to prevent Israel from resuming the war. At this point it's hard to see how the ceasefire can last long term unless Islamic states demand an end to Hamas. https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/02/25/the-gaza-ceasefire-ends-saturday-will-the-war-resume-n3800179
Roundybout Posted February 25 Posted February 25 https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-843758 "The Israel Air Force is currently attacking south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to several local reports. A series of blasts and the sound of airplanes flying low were heard over the Syrian capital late on Tuesday, residents of the city and Reuters reporters there said." I've supported Israel throughout this war, but if they're starting to strike Syria, I'm completely out and I would push Trump to cut arms. We have a real shot at a liberal ally in Syria now that Assad is gone. We cannot have Bibi and his demented war games threatening the stability of the fledgling nation.
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