Analyst pumps the brakes on Israel-Hamas ceasefire reports
As reports emerge of a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, one analyst says it’s too soon to be sure about what is happening.
“I think we have to be careful not to raise expectations too much. The moment you speak about a ceasefire it becomes complicated,” Sultan Barakat from Hamad Bin Khalifa University told Al Jazeera.
“A ceasefire requires a monitoring mechanism, it requires a third party to verify the actions, and – very importantly – a side as a guarantor. Qatar can potentially play that role.
“They are definitely talking, but they need to come up with a formula to verify the ceasefire. It is the one conflict in the world where there is no third party coming in between.
“There has been repeated calls for UN forces to be deployed to Gaza, both to protect civilians and act as a verifier, always refused by Israel. To talk about a ceasefire in exchange for captives, we’ll have to be careful,” Barakat said.
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Ok. Enough.
We get it.
No one cares.
That’s my point. It will continue be unfair just like it is for numerous stateless groups around the world. This is why it is terminally wise for them to take an off ramp asap.
This entire movement got gassed by people who had no serious commitment to supporting Palestinians but rather using them as anti-western pawns or bait for domestic populist projects. This is why Arab nations all get riled up when they invoke Palestine as an issue but don’t do anything to grant land or work permits or asylum or refugee status or even open their borders. This is why Iran will let Palestinians crash out while suppressing domestic ethnic nationalist projects.
This sham has basically operated under some cloud of antisemitism AND anti-European antisemitism that presumes these people can’t be the real Jews etc which is really a regional identity problem driven by Arab nationalism (there’s a lot of Chaldeans Assyrians and LITERAL Caucasian/Persians who look white )
Right now the political Left has a normie problem with perceived antisemitism too. This is not as cut and dry as you’re making it seem.
@voiture @invalid @Creflo ½ Dollar @Pressure
It’s weird this Palestinian conflict always bring out the sumo that for whatever reason, for some reason these people think Palestine should have a country just because and with no other big country really going to bat for Palestine. It’s crazy these people living in lala land.
It’s not about living in lala land you muppet. It’s about right and wrong and the oppression of a people by an immoral racist apartheid state.
Right does not make right no matter what these cold blooded devils in the west try to make us believe. The Palestinians are just the latest in their long treacherous history of colonialism, oppression and hypocrisy.
show me saddams WMDs brehOk show me a Hamas affiliated building then. Some of y’all refuse to believe that Hamas is built into the civilian infrastructure. You think they bomb hospitals for no reason
I was in the military most weapon caches and places of interest was Mosques, Hospitals, and schools. That’s a known fact that most people who served knows.
Yes. Because they are at the mercy of others and have been for the last 75 years.
Beggars can’t be choosers.