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.”
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
Says the individual trying to circumspectly justify genocide.
Any government intentionally withholding food, medicine, and potable water to a population it considers undesirable is a government intentionally committing genocide.
Says the individual trying to pretend that this is a genocide and blaming the defender for the war lol
TIL allowing thousands of calories of food aid in per person per day is “withholding food”
Words don’t mean anything any more. Up is down, black is white, and feeding civilians is genocide
Controlling the borders and allowing in thousands of calories when hundreds of thousands or millions of calories are needed for the population is in fact genocide.
It’s not hard to understand unless you’re intentionally trying to justify genocide.
Most genocidaires in history don’t stop food completely, but let in a minimal amount of food to encourage infighting.
One person does not mean millions of calories per day, they need thousands. I believe the total food aid allowed into Gaza is around 3000 calories per person per day.
GeNoCiDe
Permanent vs temporary ceasefire isn’t virtually identical lmao.
Oh cool, Blinken is sabotaging it so Bibi doesn’t have to.
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.
That Israel rejected, I think you mean.
Did you read the article? We are here talking about the most promising permanent ceasefire, supported by Egypt, Qatar, USA, and the UN, which Israel has not ruled out. Hamas is now drastically changing the terms to sabotage the ceasefire. It makes no sense to me. They seem to have the most to gain by ending this conflict.
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.
