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The fall of an empire (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump is not even in office yet. Wdym he 'got a ceasefire'?

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Israeli and Arab news outlets reported that according to the negotiators.

Trump's Mideast Envoy Forced Netanyahu to Accept a Gaza Plan He Repeatedly Rejected

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Oh right. 'I read it on the internets.'

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Right. And people are wondering what has been happening to critical thinking skills over the past few decades.

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The days leading up to the agreement will be pored over in the months and years to come. After all, the terms appear awfully similar to a proposal presented by President Joe Biden last May. How much of the breakthrough was the result of a drastically changed Middle East, in which Hamas finds itself suddenly cut off from its allies and backers in Lebanon, Syria, and Iran? How much of it was born of Israeli politics, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners apparently willing, after months of opposition, to either back the deal or not topple the government over its approval? Finally, was Donald Trump’s threat of “hell to pay” if Hamas does not free the hostages by his second Inauguration, next week, a decisive factor?

Steven Witkoff, President-elect Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy, called Netanyahu’s office on Friday evening to announce that he would be arriving in Jerusalem the following afternoon, according to detailed reporting by Chaim Levinson, in the liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Netanyahu’s aides reportedly told Witkoff, a billionaire real-estate investor, that the Prime Minister would gladly meet with Witkoff after the Sabbath. But Witkoff, using “salty language,” according to Levinson, insisted that Netanyahu meet him as soon as he landed. The shift in tone and demeanor seemed to catch Netanyahu unprepared. Jacob Bardugo, a political adviser to Netanyahu, conceded this week, “The pressure that Trump is exerting right now is not the kind that Israel expected.”

This is from the very liberal New Yorker magazine.

Edit: LOL about the downvotes. Stay mad libs.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

So.. 'i read it on the internet'. 'trust me bro'

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Wow, what a goddamn crybaby because facts hurt your poor whittle fee fees. I came with receipts you whiny butthurt lib. If you click through the Haaretz link that’s quoted in the above you’ll see the reporting is from a bunch of mainstream journalists + Reuters + AP. I quoted NYer because it has the quote from Netanyahu’s admin about trumps involvement.

But since that’s not good enough for you, here’s an Israeli analysis on the ceasefire from their liberal paper Haaretz:

https://archive.is/2025.01.16-072552/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-16/ty-article/.premium/as-gaza-war-grinds-to-halt-trump-pivots-to-what-he-really-cares-about-israel-saudi-ties/00000194-6bcd-d876-affe-7fefc94b0000

Trump, as Bardugo pointed out, does indeed have a plan – a regional arrangement led by Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu has been given two options: to accept the outline gladly and willingly, or to accept it sadly and regretfully. Both lead to the same place.

Too many foreign parties are involved in the deal that will be announced: Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and, of course, the United States. None of those went into the thick of things just to have fighting resumed in a month, minus 30 hostages. Everybody is here for the grand deal.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Whoa new high score! Woo hoo! I know you have receipts, mate. All the pros do!

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Get fucked genocidal liberal troll