Qasim Rashid, Esq.Nov 22, 2023

BREAKING: Israel & Hamas agree to temporary ceasefire:
•4 day ceasefire
•Hamas to release 42 hostages — 30 children & 12 women
•Israel to release 150 Palestinian prisoners (Human rights orgs estimate ~1000 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons)

A good step. We need a permanent ceasefire, release of all hostages, an end to military occupation of Palestine, an end to all illegal settlements, & an end to illegal blockade of Gaza.

That ensures sustainable peace for Jewish & Palestinian civilians

Show threadTimothy SwanNov 22, 2023
@QasimRashid Interesting that there’s never a demand for Hamas to revoke their charter, which is pretty explicit in what they really want, which is to kill all Jews.
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.
@timswan if you’re going to make a bad faith argument about a violent militant organization at least be accurate. Their charger no longer says that. Horrific that it ever did but if you’re going to be disingenuous, at least be accurate.
Nov 22, 2023 at 3:06pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadTimothy SwanNov 22, 2023
@QasimRashid First, my argument is not in bad faith. Second, while the 2017 covenant, written by Khaled Meshaal, tones down the explicit language about killing Jews, it also doesn’t deviate from its claim that only intifada can free Palestine, never negotiation. Hamas is the problem, not the Palestinian people, and as long as Hamas is in power the Palestinian people will be caught in the middle.