Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is actively sabotaging the possibility of any hostage deal, in order to prevent the collapse of his government, by introducing two new elements into the negotiations, sources told The Jerusalem Post.
The research paper linked below may be helpful.
Excerpt:
"Islamic State is a vicious opponent of Hamas and both groups have repeatedly spoken out against each other. Al-Qaeda, IS's global jihadist rival, has a distinct position vis--vis both Hamas and IS too, thus further complicating the picture."
Source: www.diis.dk
Regarding the Palestinians and al-Qaida, immediately below is a photograph of Yasser Arafat donating blood to American victims on 9/11:
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#19 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-07-17 10:01 PM
Regarding the Palestinians and al-Qaida, immediately below is a photograph of Yasser Arafat donating blood to American victims on 9/11
Ah, the phony "sympathy" symbolism (in English) in the front, reality in the back, outside of camera view (in Arabic, less than a year after Arafat ordered the Second Intifada **):
slate.com - The PLO Rx: Give Blood, Threaten Cameramen, Call Me in the Morning - 2001, September 13
|------- ... the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient's apparent reluctance to countermand a threat made by Arafat's Cabinet secretary, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, to a cameraman who on Sept. 11 filmed for the Associated Press Palestinians in Nablus celebrating the American carnage. According to the AP, Rahman told the AP's Jerusalem bureau that the Palestinian National Authority, of which Arafat is president, "cannot guarantee the life" of the cameraman if the footage airs.
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Re actual symbolic "giving blood":
douglasstarr.com - Bad Blood: The 9/11 Blood Donation Disaster - New Republic, 2002-07-29 {PDF, 4pgs}
|------- ... Faced with an unprecedented turnout, the American Red Cross and other organizations overcollected so massively that they had to discard thousands of gallons of the perishable liquid. The donor crush caused a cascade of problems: Money was wasted; sub-par blood was collected; and other components, such as platelets, were neglected. Even worse was the general loss of faith in America's blood-collection system that produced a slump in donations from which we're still trying to recover. ...
... Dr. Jones reacted typically for a blood banker as the tragedy unfolded. "... We're not going to need any blood for this..." Nonetheless, he immediately dispatched 600 units of red cells to area hospitals, the bulk of which was never used. As the lines of donors snaked around the block, he put out an announcement: The center would only take blood from people with type O, "universal" donors; ... centers throughout the city began running short on supplies like blood bags and testing reagents. ...
... So powerful was the symbolic value of blood that other nations offered to give - a well-meaning gesture but something American health officials could never allow. India offered to send blood, even though its supplies are neither adequate nor safe. Wire services ran an unintentionally ludicrous photo of Yasir Arafat donating blood in Gaza ...
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** www.cfr.org - Arafat and Second Intifada - January 4, 2013
|------- ... the role of Yasir Arafat in the second intifada, the violent Palestinian uprising that followed on the failure of Camp David in 2000. The PLO and Palestinian Authority (PA) have long denied that Arafat was behind the violence, instead calling the second intifada a spontaneous uprising. ...
Now there is an additional source: Arafat's widow, Suha. ...
The debate over Arafat's role should be over. Many Palestinian leaders have always understood it to be a phony, in any event. ... But meanwhile, there should be no doubt about the origin of the second intifada: it happened when Yasir Arafat decided that more violence was useful to him. That case is closed.
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... by introducing two new elements into the negotiations, sources told The Jerusalem Post.
"Sources" are from the opposing parties. It's been 2 months since Hamas was given the "final terms" of the "cease-fire agreement" that would free all hostages... and there was no real response, except Hamas, just like before keeps changing them and our State Dept keeps going along... Netanyahu even agreed to partial hostages release / exchange (there's that "introducing two new elements into the negotiations") yet... so far crickets from Hamas, while IDF is picking off some of their leaders...
From www.jpost.com - US: Hamas, Israel gaps in Gaza hostage talks are bridgeable
Matthew Miller asserted that a deal was still possible, and referenced the agreed-upon framework confirmed by US President Joe Biden on Friday. - July 15, 2024
|------- Hamas initially indicated that the strike had halted the talks, and then zigzagged back to say that the negotiations could proceed, but the pace of the diplomacy around the negotiations has slowed down. ...
"We heard directly from two senior advisors to Prime Minister Netanyahu today... that Israel is still committed to reaching a ceasefire," Miller said. "Obviously, they want to protect their interests. ... but they do want to reach a ceasefire, and are committed to these to these negotiations," Miller said. ...
He defended Israeli military action in Gaza as well, noting that it was difficult for the IDF to reduce the Palestinian casualty count when Hamas fighters hide in schools, mosques, hospitals, and other civilian facilities. "It makes the challenge that Israel faces incredibly difficult," Miller said.
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Let's not cherry-pick and blow out of proportion importance of useless bias-confirming headlines. That's how "Dark Brandon" (with his advisors' help) overestimated his debating skills and got himself in a pickle.
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