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US abandons 'Hamas disarmament' demands in Gaza truce talks (thecradle.co)

submitted 2 weeks ago by sunbleachedfly@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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The unnamed source added that US President Donald Trump's “inner circle” is convinced of the “futility” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strategy to free the captives via military pressure, believing that no military option will help save the Israeli captives in Gaza.

Furthermore, US planners are reportedly aware of the “impracticality of forcibly exiling leaders and fighters from the armed wings of Hamas” and other Palestinian resistance factions due to “concerns from potential host countries and the large number of individuals Israel seeks to remove," which number in the thousands.

So let's see, the US is:

No longer seeking Saudi Arabia normalization w/ Israel
Ended the military campaign on Yemen w/o Yemen ending their military campaign on Israel
Capitulating on the issue of disarmament of Hamas

That's quite the list imo

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[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a trap

[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The trap is expecting Israel to agree to the US demands. They aren't real demands until the actually punishes the entity for disobedience.

Until that happens I have no trust in these discussions.

[–] sunbleachedfly@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Probably true, the US still talks about disarmament as if it's a forgone conclusion just not needed for the ceasefire