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the weird thing is that Israel’s government is being confusing - the ceasefire is meant to be lasting but they have vowed to invade Rafah anyway until Hamas is toppled.

Sounds to me like Netanyahus government wants to trade hostages to appease protesters and voters, and then continue flattening Rafah anyway.

Hamas’s announcement adds to the uncertainty of the cease-fire talks.

The terms Hamas had agreed to were not immediately clear, but a senior Israeli official quickly said that the terms were not those that Israel had agreed to.

The New York Times
The deal has always been a temporary ceasefire in exchange of hostages.

Yeah, because giving up your only leverage permanently in exchange for what basically amounts to pressing pause on the genocide is SUCH a good deal!

Hamas might be despicable terrorists, but presumably they’re not total idiots!

That’s the worst deal since the Dutch sold New Amsterdam (now New York) to the English for a bunch of nutmeg! Nutmeg was hella expensive back then 😛

That’s the worst deal since the Dutch sold New Amsterdam (now New York) to the English for a bunch of nutmeg! Nutmeg was hella expensive back then 😛

I bet the person who got all the nutmeg thought it was a great deal

Yeah, William III, Prince of Orange was fucking STOKED about how much better his Ontbijtkoek became!