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Something this article has not said: when is Israel going to open the border and allow aid in?
I’m pretty sure the Israeli government and IDF have no intention of ever doing so.
They’d love not to, but they probably will for the same reason they even accepted the deal to begin with. If we believe that the ceasefire deal is real, then something made Netanyahu think signing a deal now was a good idea. Signing a ceasefire deal this late into the game, too late to save Israel’s reputation but without accomplishing the war’s initial objectives, is strategically a bad decision so something must have changed and while until we know what that is we can’t make predictions but I’m cautiously optimistic.
Note: I’m of course happy about the ceasefire, but with the information we have available I don’t understand why someone who decidedly doesn’t care for Palestinian lives (or really any except his own) would accept this deal.
Good news, but disappointing it won’t start sooner. Some Israeli soldiers are going to go crazy trying to get as much civilian killing and brutality in as they can before Sunday.
Well, so apparently the first possibility I noted is not the case, and the early reports weren’t just yet again blowing smoke.
So we’re down to two alternatives - it’s a legitimate deal that cedes at least some significant Palestinian autonomy, in which case Netanyahu will, as he already has in the past, sabotage it, or it’s just a long term con job that will leave enough of an Israeli presence that they can shift to West Bank style incremental conquest.
Palestinians in Gaza rejoice in streets In Tel Aviv, hostage families express joy Israeli PM says some items unresolved
And he’s already prepping his get-out clause, whatever “issues” he decides are “unresolved”.
It’s the second one.