The “side letter” is yet another way to lie to the public of US’s intentions. They are only aiding Israel to slowly and permanently destroy everything in the occupied territory. Two faced
The "humanitarian city" they want to create in the south of Gaza is reminiscent of the US creation of strategic hamlets in Vietnam. Both for nefarious purposes.
Excellent reporting, thank you. Coincidentally, I had MSNBC on while I was reading this report and the corporate station happened to be reporting on the upcoming meeting between Trump and Netanyahu this evening. What a contrast in the quality of journalism! The MSNBC consultant, a former Republican operative (which seems to be a job qualification for a lot of the “journalists” at MSNBC), said that Hamas was creating “obstacles” to reaching an agreement. He didn’t say what those obstacles were, and of course said nothing about obstacles to a deal posed by, for example, Israel’s refusal to guarantee aid provided independently of Israel and the U.S., who together have created the death trap described in your coverage. The MSNBC “coverage,” unlike this article, did not describe the current positions of any of the three involved parties. The other day on MSNBC, a reporter said about Iran’s warnings to the U.S. prior to attacking U.S. installations after U.S. bombing inside Iran, that Iran issued the warnings in order to “save face.” Save face from what? Responding to an unprovoked and illegal attack conducted in the course of settlement negotiations? These are examples of the propaganda that now serves as mainstream “news.” Your journalism, by contrast, is much needed and appreciated.
Where are the Europeans in these negotiations? Or the UN? It's crystal clear that the only way the slaughter of innocent Palestinians will stop is if the international community takes control of Gaza. The ceasefire should require the presence of an international peace keeping force in Gaza. The land does NOT belong to Israel and their behavior since October 2023 shows that they have only one goal: the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Failing that, the Israelis would presumably be satisfied by the extermination of all of the Palestinians in Gaza.
The only way to keep track of all this "negotiation" is to a create flow chart that can track what Israel and US claim is happening. This has to be a multi-dimentional (see 5D chess) chart as claims consistently cancel each other out. The only clear part of the chart will be the last page that says this is all the fault of Hamas, pro-palestinian groups, and probably Texas flood plains. With the continued genocide being the only valid conclusion.
I'd have liked a little more explanation of the "humanitarian city." This is what I read in a summary from Haaretz: "According to [Defense Minister] Katz, the plan entails moving 600,000 Palestinians – primarily from the al-Muwasi area – into the new zone after a security screening. **Once inside, residents would not be allowed to leave.** Katz added that, if conditions permit, construction of the city would begin during the 60-day cease-fire currently under negotiation."
My asterisks. You can enter but never leave. Sounds like a concentration camp to me.
War on Gaza would also have been a 12 day war if missiles were raining down on the apartheid state. This evil entity only understands the language of force.
If reliance on any deal ( peace, humanitarian aide, even their own political survival) between the ultimate flim-flam man and the ultimate wartime survivalist, depends on those two making deals that the other, let alone the rest of the diplomatic negotiators involved can rely on, Gaza and the region in and around Palestine are in big trouble. Can you think of two guys who have less ability to make a promise, let alone peace in our time? Trump has both little understanding of what he is doing on the best of his days and cannot recall what he has done on most of his days. An Israeli leader, relying on a need to continue and expand an unwinnable and perhaps cathastrophic ( for Israel) war, has now joined forces with perhaps the most unrelaible and self-serving administration in USA history. They cannot even save themselves from their own greed and bad ideas ( the recent Bidget Bill, firing key employess from the weather service and FEMA, stopping vaccine programs here and abroad) let alone bring real assistance to any peace process. Unless these two men, or those who try to control them, come to a point when they actually and rationally disreguard ALL who are working for a war agenda, we would be best served by their agreement NOT to be involved in negotiations but to leave them to be handled by UN negitiators and those involved now in meaninful talks. This can be with the understanding they will accept and support those talks, once a peace plan is reached. We can only pray for divine intervention (or threats they believe from those they fear) that they do.
The same is not the same as the same, said Netanyahu to the American congress. There’ll still be plenty of scraps to go around after the bombing—and there’s simply no better way to rally our targets.
The “side letter” is yet another way to lie to the public of US’s intentions. They are only aiding Israel to slowly and permanently destroy everything in the occupied territory. Two faced
The "humanitarian city" they want to create in the south of Gaza is reminiscent of the US creation of strategic hamlets in Vietnam. Both for nefarious purposes.
Excellent reporting, thank you. Coincidentally, I had MSNBC on while I was reading this report and the corporate station happened to be reporting on the upcoming meeting between Trump and Netanyahu this evening. What a contrast in the quality of journalism! The MSNBC consultant, a former Republican operative (which seems to be a job qualification for a lot of the “journalists” at MSNBC), said that Hamas was creating “obstacles” to reaching an agreement. He didn’t say what those obstacles were, and of course said nothing about obstacles to a deal posed by, for example, Israel’s refusal to guarantee aid provided independently of Israel and the U.S., who together have created the death trap described in your coverage. The MSNBC “coverage,” unlike this article, did not describe the current positions of any of the three involved parties. The other day on MSNBC, a reporter said about Iran’s warnings to the U.S. prior to attacking U.S. installations after U.S. bombing inside Iran, that Iran issued the warnings in order to “save face.” Save face from what? Responding to an unprovoked and illegal attack conducted in the course of settlement negotiations? These are examples of the propaganda that now serves as mainstream “news.” Your journalism, by contrast, is much needed and appreciated.
Where are the Europeans in these negotiations? Or the UN? It's crystal clear that the only way the slaughter of innocent Palestinians will stop is if the international community takes control of Gaza. The ceasefire should require the presence of an international peace keeping force in Gaza. The land does NOT belong to Israel and their behavior since October 2023 shows that they have only one goal: the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Failing that, the Israelis would presumably be satisfied by the extermination of all of the Palestinians in Gaza.
The only way to keep track of all this "negotiation" is to a create flow chart that can track what Israel and US claim is happening. This has to be a multi-dimentional (see 5D chess) chart as claims consistently cancel each other out. The only clear part of the chart will be the last page that says this is all the fault of Hamas, pro-palestinian groups, and probably Texas flood plains. With the continued genocide being the only valid conclusion.
Final word from Trump? Trump is a corrupt, moral less, creepy fuck!
Thank you Jeremy and Drop Site.
I'd have liked a little more explanation of the "humanitarian city." This is what I read in a summary from Haaretz: "According to [Defense Minister] Katz, the plan entails moving 600,000 Palestinians – primarily from the al-Muwasi area – into the new zone after a security screening. **Once inside, residents would not be allowed to leave.** Katz added that, if conditions permit, construction of the city would begin during the 60-day cease-fire currently under negotiation."
My asterisks. You can enter but never leave. Sounds like a concentration camp to me.
War on Gaza would also have been a 12 day war if missiles were raining down on the apartheid state. This evil entity only understands the language of force.
Hitler would call Israels war in GAZA a war of annihilation.
If reliance on any deal ( peace, humanitarian aide, even their own political survival) between the ultimate flim-flam man and the ultimate wartime survivalist, depends on those two making deals that the other, let alone the rest of the diplomatic negotiators involved can rely on, Gaza and the region in and around Palestine are in big trouble. Can you think of two guys who have less ability to make a promise, let alone peace in our time? Trump has both little understanding of what he is doing on the best of his days and cannot recall what he has done on most of his days. An Israeli leader, relying on a need to continue and expand an unwinnable and perhaps cathastrophic ( for Israel) war, has now joined forces with perhaps the most unrelaible and self-serving administration in USA history. They cannot even save themselves from their own greed and bad ideas ( the recent Bidget Bill, firing key employess from the weather service and FEMA, stopping vaccine programs here and abroad) let alone bring real assistance to any peace process. Unless these two men, or those who try to control them, come to a point when they actually and rationally disreguard ALL who are working for a war agenda, we would be best served by their agreement NOT to be involved in negotiations but to leave them to be handled by UN negitiators and those involved now in meaninful talks. This can be with the understanding they will accept and support those talks, once a peace plan is reached. We can only pray for divine intervention (or threats they believe from those they fear) that they do.
The same is not the same as the same, said Netanyahu to the American congress. There’ll still be plenty of scraps to go around after the bombing—and there’s simply no better way to rally our targets.