🇮🇱🇵🇸 The Israel-Palestine Politics Thread II

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Israel says it will stick to agreed hostage demands after Trump causes confusion

Government says it will follow ceasefire agreement as long as Hamas releases three hostages on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

 

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Jesse Watters sparks outrage for saying ‘uneducated’ Palestinians are a ‘threat’

These latest remarks from the Trump-boosting host prompted accusations from progressives and liberals that Watters was peddling ‘white supremacy.’

www.the-independent.com

 

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Giving Peace a Chance in Ukraine Is Good. Why Not Gaza Too? | Common Dreams

Those of us anxious to see peace in Ukraine should applaud President Trump’s initiative but we should also highlight the glaring contradictions of a president who finds the killing in Ukraine unacceptable but fully supports the genocide in Palestine.

www.commondreams.org

 

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In Israel, dread and rage haunt the streets. Netanyahu is exploiting that | Jonathan Freedland

When I visited Israel this week, it seemed time had stood still since 7 October. I saw pain and grief, but little sign of hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

 

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Three Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed as ceasefire holds

Three hostages, including an American-Israeli, were released by Hamas and hundreds of prisoners released by Israel – four of whom were rushed to hospital

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Of course, still plenty of Muslims left to kill.

 

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This is absolutely insane. Do they actually think that the Middle Eastern countries will allow this to happen? That there won’t be massive backlash? American troops would have to be sent there to oversee any construction and some of them will die.

 

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Thousands March to US Embassy in London With Message for Trump: 'Hands Off Gaza' | Common Dreams

An 87-year-old Holocaust survivor called the U.S. president's plan to permanently force Palestinians out of Gaza "completely immoral and illegal, and also impractical and absurd."

www.commondreams.org

 

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‘Not sure we can heal’: Palestinian torn from family amid Gaza war fears for future

Amani Ahmed left Gaza days before war broke out, and was separated from her family for six agonising months. Now, she tells The Independent about life in the UK and the prospect of a future in Gaza

www.independent.co.uk

 

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And the ones that left weren't allowed back.

 

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Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump's call to depopulate the territory

Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the U.S. can take it over.

apnews.com

 

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Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites

Israeli PM urges US to help ‘finish the job’ as Washington makes early maximalist demand over Tehran’s programme

www.theguardian.com

 

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Israel Plans 1,000 New Settlement Homes as West Bank Raids Intensify | Common Dreams

"The Netanyahu government is operating on steroids to establish facts on the ground that will destroy the chance for peace and compromise," said one group.

www.commondreams.org

 

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Israel and Hamas in talks to double the number of hostages released this weekend

A source told NBC News that there are also discussions about handing over the bodies of deceased hostages on Thursday.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Israel Plans 1,000 New Settlement Homes as West Bank Raids Intensify | Common Dreams

"The Netanyahu government is operating on steroids to establish facts on the ground that will destroy the chance for peace and compromise," said one group.

www.commondreams.org

They have no business building homes there and expecting peace. So stupid.

 

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Hamas says it will hand over bodies of Bibas family and free six hostages

Remains of Shiri Bibas and young sons Kfir and Ariel, whose deaths had not been confirmed, to be returned on Thursday

www.theguardian.com

 

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Probes Reveal Depth of Big Tech Complicity in Israel's AI-Driven Gaza Slaughter | Common Dreams

"Many nations are looking to Israel and its use of AI in Gaza with admiration and jealousy," said one expert. "Expect to see a form of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon-backed AI in other war zones soon."

www.commondreams.org

 

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BBC asked to remove Gaza documentary over narrator’s father’s ties to Hamas

Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’s 13-year-old narrator, Abdullah, has been revealed to be the son of Ayman Alyazouri, a deputy agriculture minister in the Hamas-run government

www.theguardian.com