Ramesh #NotGoingBack

ALL members of the #UN #SecurityCouncil except #Russia adopted the #Biden-announced #ceaseFire resolution aimed at ending #Israel-#Hamas war in #Gaza 🔥

Israel has accepted the deal 🔥🔥🔥

Hamas responded to the #UNSC adoption by saying it welcomed the resolution and was ready to work with mediators, but stressed it would continue “our struggle” to end the #Israeli occupation and work on setting up a “fully sovereign” #Palestinian state.

#FaitAccompli

https://apnews.com/article/un-us-security-council-israel-hamas-ceasefire-834734f606a5245cc46a2487a70ae3fa

Israel-Hamas war: UN Security Council adopts cease-fire resolution

The U.N. Security Council has approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The vote on Monday on the U.S.-sponsored resolution was 14-0, with Russia abstaining. The resolution welcomes a proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which initially said it viewed the proposal “positively,” to accept the three-phase plan. It urges Israel and Hamas “to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.” Hamas later responded by saying in a statement it welcomed the resolution and was ready to work with mediators in indirect negotiations with Israel to implement it.

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Jun 10, 2024 at 9:34pmWeb
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJun 10, 2024

⬆️ NONE of the #UN #SecurityCouncil members vetoed the #US-sponsored #ceaseFire Resolution for the #Israel-#Hamas War in #Gaza.

#China voted in favor, and its #JuniorPartner #Russia abstained.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-calls-un-security-council-vote-cease-fire-proposal-gaza-rcna156373

U.N. Security Council passes Gaza cease-fire proposal drafted by the U.S.

The United Nations Security Council passed a U.S.-drafted cease-fire deal aimed at halting eight months of bloody fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

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Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJun 10, 2024

⬆️ Multiple sources, including #US Secretary of State Anthony #Blinken, confirm that #Israel has accepted the #US-sponsored #ceaseFire proposal, but there has been no public statement from #Netanyahu himself yet.

#FaitAccompli

https://apnews.com/article/egypt-israel-jordan-qatar-blinken-hamas-gaza-b9a52c6da9c94ff36c948d4b1c34b52a

Israel-Hamas war: Blinken returns to Mideast as cease-fire plan hangs in balance

With no firm response yet from Hamas to the proposal they received 10 days ago, Blinken starts his eighth urgent diplomatic mission to the region since the conflict began in October.

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Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJun 12, 2024

⬆️ "#Hamas insists it will not release the remaining hostages unless there’s a permanent #ceaseFire & full withdrawal of Israeli forces from #Gaza

It’s hard to imagine either Israel or Hamas entirely giving up on the talks. For Israel, that would likely mean abandoning… hostages. For Hamas, it would prolong suffering of Palestinians and give Israel more time to annihilate militants

But Blinken hinted that the negotiations would not continue indefinitely"

#FaitAccompli

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-ceasefire-negotiations-ab6925549d8f523a6e5c61e88e7eec8a

Israel-Hamas war: The main sticking points in cease-fire talks

The latest proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza has the support of the United States and most of the international community, but Hamas has not fully embraced it, and neither, it seems, has Israel. Hamas this week accepted the broad outline but requested “amendments.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly disputed certain aspects of the plan, raising questions about Israel’s commitment to what the U.S. says is an Israeli proposal. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday the negotiations will continue. But he said Hamas had requested “numerous” changes, adding that “some of the changes are workable; some are not."

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Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJun 16, 2024

⬆️ Is #Netanyahu no longer in control of his military?

Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in #Gaza fighting to get in aid

Use #starvation as a weapon, eh?

"When [Bibi] heard the reports of an 11-hour humanitarian pause in the morning, he turned to his military secretary and made it clear that this was unacceptable to him"

National Security Minister Itamar #BenGvir denounced the idea of a tactical pause, saying whoever decided it was a "fool" who should lose their job

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-announces-tactical-pauses-gaza-aid-supplies-2024-06-16/

Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJun 17, 2024

⬆️ >> Is #Netanyahu no longer in control of his military?

#Israeli officials say #Bibi has dissolved the #WarCabinet after #BennyGantz bolted government over frustrations surrounding Bibi's handling of the war

Gantz’s absence from the government makes Netanyahu more dependent on his ultranationalist allies

"going forward Netanyahu would hold smaller forums… where far-right partners who oppose #ceaseFire deals and have voiced support for reoccupying #Gaza, are members"

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-cabinet-netanyahu-76b4e165609bb3f0716c8599a83efa99

Netanyahu dissolves War Cabinet after Benny Gantz departure, officials say

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential war Cabinet that has overseen the fighting in Gaza. The move comes days after a key member of the body bolted from the government over frustration with the Israeli leader’s handling of the war. The change was widely expected following the departure earlier this month of Benny Gantz, a centrist former military chief. Gantz’s absence from the government increases Netanyahu’s dependence on his ultra-nationalist allies, who oppose a cease-fire. That could pose an additional challenge to the already fragile negotiations to end the eight-month war in Gaza.

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Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJun 17, 2024

⬆️ >> "going forward Netanyahu would hold smaller forums… where far-right partners who oppose #ceaseFire deals and have voiced support for reoccupying #Gaza, are members"

It is impossible to clap with one hand.

It takes two to maintain a #permanentStateOfWar.

Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackJan 19, 2025

⬆️ From June 2024 >> #Israel's National Security Minister Itamar #BenGvir denounced the idea of a tactical pause, saying whoever decided it was a "fool" who should lose their job.

Six months later…

"Israel’s far-right national security minister resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s Cabinet on Sunday to express his disapproval of the #Gaza #ceasefire deal."

https://apnews.com/article/itamar-bengvir-resigns-gaza-ceasefire-netanyahu-d63bc4ac1e4f741cafa6fab4d932f891

Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who resigned from Netanyahu's Cabinet?

Israel’s far-right national security minister resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet to express his disapproval of the Gaza ceasefire deal. The resignation of Itamar Ben-Gvir does not threaten the ceasefire, but it does weaken Netanyahu’s governing coalition. If other far-right lawmakers leave the government — as Ben-Gvir has encouraged them to do — the prime minister could lose his parliamentary majority, potentially forcing early elections. Ben-Gvir opposed the deal because it requires Israel to free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and to withdraw troops from Gaza’s southern border with Egypt — and because it leaves open the possibility of Hamas staying in power in Gaza.

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