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The death of Haniyeh, a significant figure in Hamas’s political and diplomatic structure, has raised serious questions about the future of ongoing ceasefire negotiations. American officials had recently indicated that these talks, mediated by Qatar, the United States, and Egypt, were close to yielding a temporary ceasefire and a potential hostage release deal.

However, the assassination has cast doubt on the feasibility of these efforts moving forward.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Lol talk about a rhetorical question. Israel just assassinated the political head of Hamas. This should serve as proof that that any talk of a deal or a ceasefire over the past six months has been a sham. This means months or even years of war and thousands of more deaths, which is what Netanyahu wanted all along, while the US argues weakly in support of Israel's "right to defend itself".

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Every week or two there’s a new ceasefire deal on the table and then Netanyahu says something to the tune of “but we’re not stopping until Hamas is gone”.

It seems that the negotiators don’t have the authority to negotiate for anything other than “you stop shooting now and we’ll stop shooting when you’re dead”.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

Pretty much. Netanyahu never wanted a ceasefire to begin with. My guess is that any talk of a path to a two-state solution or a ceasefire has just been a stalling tactic used by the US to deal with any criticism of Israel's war crimes. I wonder how long the State Department can keep this charade going, quite honestly.

[–] sun_is_ra 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A slow but steady genocide seems to be the strategy

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

👨‍🚀🔫 Always has been.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Exactly. Anyone who looks at Israel's actions and thinks their goal is anything other than the complete conquest, annexation, and colonization of all Palestinian territory is blind or lying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, I’d prefer they killed this guy than Gazan citizens.

“Footage from his office in the Qatari capital of Doha showed Haniyeh celebrating the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel with other Hamas officials, before they prayed and praised God”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ismail_Haniyeh?wprov=sfti1#Ismail_Haniyeh

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This assassination is an assurance that countless more Gazan citizens are going to die. It's not an either/or situation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I hope not. But you’re likely correct.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And it totally shows that Israel already have the capability to decimate Hamas if they wanted too. Too bad they're just genocidal maniacs with Hamas being secondary targets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I don't think that's true. Sureley they want someone to put blame on but actually killing hamas as a whole or any other resistance group is difficult because new ones will keep popping up until the genocide is complete.