Cease Fire Temporary
Updated 2024-08-24
2024-08-17 US ‘bridging proposal’ for Gaza deal said to exclude two of Netanyahu’s key demands The US “bridging proposal” designed to enable the finalizing of a hostages-for-ceasefire deal in the coming week does not provide for an ongoing Israeli presence along the Gaza-Egypt border or for a mechanism in central Gaza to prevent the return of armed Hamas forces to the Strip’s north, as demanded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hebrew media reported Saturday, citing unnamed officials familiar with the talks.
Only if Israel and the US can agree terms on these two key issues will Egypt and Qatar press Hamas to take the deal, the report said. Hamas has made clear that it will not agree to a deal that accommodates these two Israeli demands, the report noted. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-bridging-proposal-for-gaza-deal-said-to-exclude-two-of-netanyahu-s-key-demands/ar-AA1oYJP3?
2024-08-17 Israel to receive more hostages during first phase of deal – report During the talks in Doha, Israel agreed to reduce the number of Palestinian prisoners it could veto the release of as part of a deal with Hamas in exchange for increasing the number of Israeli hostages to be released by Hamas in each of the six weeks of the first phase of the deal, Walla reported on Saturday, citing two Israeli officials. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-to-receive-more-hostages-during-first-phase-of-deal-report/ar-AA1oYmt5?
2024-08-17 What are the prospects for talks to end Israel’s war on Gaza? | Inside Story A pause in Gaza ceasefire talks, but no pause in attacks from Israel. he war has now killed 40,000 Palestinians with many others dead under rubble. Ceasefire hopes rest on talks brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the U.S., Israel’s biggest donor and weapons supplier. After Israel began its war in October, it took five months during which 32-thousand Palestinians were killed, before the U.S. and EU finally called for a ceasefire. The horrors for Gaza’s people continue, the nightmare for Israelis with loved-ones held captive in Gaza goes on too. So what are the prospects of talks succeeding this time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O1I_vX-4_U
2024-08-17 UN Secretary-General Urges ‘Polio Pause’ in Israeli War on Gaza as First Case Reported “It is impossible to conduct a polio vaccination campaign with war raging all over,” said António Guterres after a 10-month-old infant became Gaza’s first new poliomyelitis case in 25 years.
Following over a month of warnings, Gaza recorded its first case of polio since the highly contagious virus was eradicated there 25 years ago, prompting a Friday call by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for a temporary truce to enable a vaccination drive in the embattled strip.
The Gaza Health Ministry said Friday that an 10-month-old infant in the central city of Deir al-Balah “who has not received any polio vaccine dose” has tested positive for the virus, which often causes paralysis and can be fatal. The ministry said the baby is one of “a number of children” who have presented with symptoms consistent with polio in recent days. https://www.commondreams.org/news/polio-in-gaza
2024-03-08 Blinken says the ball is in Hamas’ court on Gaza ceasefire U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday it was up to Hamas to agree to a ceasefire that would allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza and pave the way for talks on an “enduring resolution” to the conflict. Israel and Hamas blamed each other for the lack of agreement on a deal that would require Hamas to free some of the hostages it still holds in exchange for a 40-day truce. Palestinian prisoners held in Israel would also be released. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/blinken-says-the-ball-is-in-hamas-court-on-gaza-ceasefire/ar-BB1jz8H7?
2024-03-08 Hope fades for Israeli-Hamas cease-fire as holy month of Ramadan nears: Updates Negotiators for Hamas left Cairo without a cease-fire deal Thursday, apparently ending hopes that a deal could be in place ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Hamas spokesman Jihad Taha said Israel “refuses to commit to and give guarantees regarding the cease-fire, the return of the displaced and withdrawal from the areas of its incursion.” But he said the talks would resume next week. Ramadan will begin Sunday or Monday depending on the sighting of the moon.
There was no immediate comment from Israel, which did not send representatives to the latest round of talks. Israel first wants Hamas to provide detailed information on the hostages. Hamas said the captives are held by multiple groups and no accounting can take place until a cease-fire is in place. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hope-fades-for-israeli-hamas-cease-fire-as-holy-month-of-ramadan-nears-updates/ar-BB1jvbQw?
2024-02-23 Jewish House Democrats join calls for ‘mutual, temporary’ Israel-Hamas cease-fire
[MEK Note: These congresspersons only want a ceasefire to get the release of the Israel Hostages. Little if any concern for the 10’s of thousands of Palestinian civilians killed or injured and the mass displacement of close to 2 million others without proper food, water, shelter, electricity and medicine. No concern of what would continue to happen after the hostages have been released. Apparently not their concern or problem.]
Thirteen House Democrats on Thursday echoed the Biden administration in calling for a “mutual, temporary” cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, to provide for the “immediate return of all of the 134 hostages,” as well as additional humanitarian aid.
The call — signed by some pro-Israel Democrats as well as others who’ve been more critical of the Israeli military campaign — reflects the shifting politics around the terminology of a “cease-fire,” and the growth in calls for a “temporary cease-fire” to pause the conflict while ensuring the release of hostages. “We cannot overstate the urgency of the hostages’ situation in Hamas’s captivity in Gaza,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden. “Every day that the remaining living hostages are left to suffer in the tunnels in Gaza without medical attention increases the chances that more will die. The hostages and their families simply cannot wait any longer.” https://jewishinsider.com/2024/02/jewish-house-democrats-cease-fire-israel-hamas-gaza/
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