Palestine v Israel.

[Brian Peacock]

Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, says the advancing Gaza ceasefire talks constitute a ‘surrender deal to Hamas’ adding that if the deal passes, he will resign from the Israeli government.

• https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsf ... r-to-hamas

[Brian Peacock]

This morning Israel was telling everyone in North Gaza to flee to the South ahead of bombing. This afternoon we apparently have "peace in our time".

[Brian Peacock]

about 10m ago:

Israel, Hamas reach deal meant to end Gaza war, an official said

DOHA/DUBAI/JERUSALEM, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Negotiators reached a phased deal on Wednesday to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after 15 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.

The accord, which has not yet been formally announced, outlines a six-week initial ceasefire phase and includes the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, the official told Reuters.

Phase one entails the release of 33 Israeli hostages including all women, children and men over 50.

Negotiations on implementing the second phase will begin by the 16th day of phase one and it is expected to include the release of all remaining hostages, a permanent ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

The third phase is expected to address the return of all remaining dead bodies and the start of Gaza's reconstruction supervised by Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations.

The agreement follows months of on-off negotiations conducted by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with the backing of the United States, and comes just ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Hamas, Gaza's dominant Palestinian militant group, told Reuters its delegation had handed mediators its approval for the ceasefire agreement and return of hostages.

A Palestinian official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters earlier Hamas had given verbal approval to the ceasefire and hostage return proposal and was awaiting more information to give final written approval.

If successful, the planned phased ceasefire could halt fighting that has left much of Gaza in ruins, displaced most of the enclave's pre-war population of 2.3 million, and killed tens of thousands of people. The toll is still rising daily.

That in turn could defuse tensions across the wider Middle East, where the war has stoked conflict in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq, and raised fears of all-out war between arch regional foes Israel and Iran.

Even if the warring sides implement the current deal, it will still require further negotiation before there is a lasting ceasefire and the release of all the hostages...

[Brian Peacock]

Netanyahu was to bring the negotiated deal to the cabinet, but then accuses Hamas of changing it after it was agreed!

Benjamin Netanyahu has said his cabinet will not meet to vote on the ceasefire and hostage release deal announced by Qatar to pause the war in Gaza until “Hamas accepts all elements of the agreement”, in a development that threatens to derail months of work to end the brutal 15-month conflict.

The announcement from the Israeli prime minister’s office on Thursday morning came before an expected cabinet meeting in which ministers were expected to ratify the deal reached in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Wednesday night....

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... -all-terms

[rainbow]

Netanyahu was to bring the negotiated deal to the cabinet, but then accuses Hamas of changing it after it was agreed!

Yahoo wouldn't lie.

[Sean Hayden]

leverage

[Svartalf]

Netanyahu was to bring the negotiated deal to the cabinet, but then accuses Hamas of changing it after it was agreed!

Yahoo wouldn't lie.

a yahoo like bibi could not tell the truth if it were advantageous to him

[rainbow]

Netanyahu was to bring the negotiated deal to the cabinet, but then accuses Hamas of changing it after it was agreed!

Yahoo wouldn't lie.

a yahoo like bibi could not tell the truth if it were advantageous to him

His problem is that Trump doesn't like to be outlied.

[Brian Peacock]

Thank goodness the bombing has stopped. For now.

[pErvinalia]

What, are you some sort of antisemite?!

[Brian Peacock]

The Israeli prison service says it will prevent public displays of joy at the release of Palestinian hostages.

[Sean Hayden]

That sounds normal for a democratic country.

[Brian Peacock]

... At least six villages across the West Bank – Sinjil, Turmus Ayya, Ein Sinya and Luban e-Sharkiya near Ramallah, and Funduq and Jinsafut, near Nablus – were targeted on Sunday and Monday night by dozens of Israeli men and boys. Many wore masks, residents said, and health authorities said 21 Palestinians were injured in the attacks.

The rioters threw molotov cocktails and rocks, breaking windows and setting several houses and cars on fire in each place they targeted in protest at the release of 90 Palestinian women and children held in Israeli jails in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. The Funduq attack was also seen as revenge for a Palestinian shooting attack in the area two weeks ago, in which three Israelis were killed.

In Sinjil, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) arrived to break up the riot after about 30 minutes, but stayed at the entrance to the village, residents said. In Funduq, one Israeli was killed and another injured by what appeared to be police or IDF fire. Another two people were arrested over the violence, further stoking the settlers’ anger.

The villages were chosen, a settler activist WhatsApp group chat said, because they were homes to some of the prisoners eligible for release in the deal, named on a list published by the Israeli government...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... efire-deal

[aufbahrung]

No cure for the middle east outside human extinction there

Brainwashed by the soil and the blood, blood vendetta will never end there - it's historic, buried in deep time

[Brian Peacock]

Try it yourself: 31.5429686, 34.5454195