Biden: Israel is providing a ceasefire.
Israel: We’re not.
Biden: I negotiated this ceasefire
Israel: There’s no ceasefire settlement.
Biden: The ceasefire will start quickly.
Israel: It received’t.
Rinse and repeat. @Pimso B
The Biden administration’s ceasefire decision is a cynical fraud geared toward airbrushing Israel’s tattered picture whereas laying the groundwork for the ultimate expulsion of the Palestinian individuals. In fact, there received’t be a ceasefire as a result of Netanyahu and his whole cupboard are adamantly against ending the hostilities. There’s not even any grey space right here. After the US-drafted decision was handed on Monday, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Workplace delivered a terse assertion saying the next:
“The declare that Israel agreed to finish the warfare earlier than reaching all its targets is a complete lie,” says the PMO….The complete doc, argues Netanyahu’s workplace, would present that “Israel is not going to finish the warfare till all its circumstances are met — that’s, preventing till Hamas is eradicated, returning all of our hostages, and guaranteeing that Gaza by no means once more represents a menace to Israel.” (Instances of Israel)
Repeat: “Israel is not going to finish the warfare till all its circumstances are met — (and) till Hamas is eradicated.”
So, what was the purpose of pushing by means of a ceasefire decision when it had zero probability of being applied? Was it only a publicity stunt?
And, why is Secretary of State Anthony Blinken –not solely saying that Israel helps the proposal– however that Israel really had a hand in crafting its language. Right here’s Blinken on Monday:
“First, let me be very clear, Israel has accepted the proposal, in actual fact, they have been important in placing it ahead. It’s the official place of the Israeli authorities, the prime minister. So, the one occasion that has not stated ‘Sure’ is Hamas. That’s who everyone seems to be ready on. That’s who the Palestinians are ready on, it’s who the Israelis are ready on, and it’s who the hostages and the hostage households are ready on. It’s who the complete area and the complete world are ready on. So, we’ll see, does Hamas need to finish this warfare that it began or not? We’ll discover out. Nevertheless it’s clear that just about the complete world has come collectively in assist of the proposal. So, the one query is will Hamas say ‘Sure’? @AssalRad
This can be a whole fabrication and Blinken is aware of it:
Israel has NOT accepted the proposalIsrael was NOT “important in placing the ceasefire decision ahead”
The ceasefire decision is NOT “the official place of the Israeli authorities (and) the prime minister.”
These are baldfaced lies, and really silly lies at that, as a result of they are often simply checked and disproved. Have a look:
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— Alonso Gurmendi (@Alonso_GD) June 10, 2024
Repeat: “In a preemptive response to the UN Safety Council’s determination, Netanyahu says, “We is not going to conform to any deal that results in ending the warfare.”
Netanyahu’s place is crystal clear and has been for a very long time: The rampage will proceed for the foreseeable future. So, why is Blinken intentionally deceptive the general public? What’s the goal right here? That is from CNN simply hours after the decision was accepted by the UNSC:
Israel has vowed to stick with its army operation in Gaza, saying it received’t interact in “meaningless” negotiations with Hamas, shortly after the United Nations Safety Council overwhelmingly accepted a US-backed ceasefire plan meant to carry an finish to the eight-month warfare…(Israel’s) senior diplomat (Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly) stated the warfare wouldn’t finish till all hostages have been returned and Hamas’ capabilities have been “dismantled,” accusing the Palestinian militant group of utilizing “limitless negotiations… as a method to stall for time.”
Her feedback got here after 14 of the 15 UNSC council members voted in favor of Monday’s US-drafted decision, with solely Russia abstaining – the primary time the council has endorsed such a plan to finish the warfare…..
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who’s on a diplomatic journey to the Center East, stated Tuesday that in a gathering with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the Israeli chief “reaffirmed his dedication” to the present proposal to safe a ceasefire and hostage launch, which continues to be awaiting a solution from Hamas. Blinken stated that he acquired an specific assurance from Netanyahu that he continues to assist the deal, and can settle for it if Hamas agrees to what’s on the desk. …
However an Israeli assertion on Tuesday indicated it was poised to formally signal as much as the present ceasefire plan for Gaza, whereas on the identical time sustaining the liberty to maintain preventing… Israel vows to press on in Gaza after UN Safety Council approves ceasefire proposal, CNN
Are you able to see how ridiculous and Orwellian that is? Israel will conform to a ceasefire so long as it has “the liberty to maintain preventing”. Huh? In case you’re questioning, the definition of “ceasefire” is “a suspension of preventing.” Due to this fact, we should assume that if the preventing continues, there isn’t any ceasefire.
By the best way, Hamas has already agreed to the phrases of the ceasefire which is one other blow to Blinken’s loopy plan to attempt to make Israel appear like the peacemaker. Right here’ extra from CNN:
Hamas welcomed the adoption of the UNSC decision, saying in a press release it was prepared to interact with mediators to implement measures such because the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, prisoner change, returning residents to their houses and the “rejection of any demographic change or discount within the space of the Gaza Strip.” …The Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour stated the Palestinian Authority – which governs the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution – welcomed the deal as a “step in the best path.”…
“We wish a ceasefire,” (however) the “burden is on the Israeli aspect to implement this decision.”
“The proof is within the pudding. We’ll see who’re those who’re to see this decision to turn into a actuality and people who are obstructing it and need to proceed the warfare of genocide towards our individuals,” he added. CNN
It’s value noting, that just some days in the past, Israeli diplomats met with US envoy Linda Thomas-Greenfield to specific their opposition to the Biden ceasefire decision. The Israelis even objected to it being known as a “ceasefire”. They most popular the much less permanent-sounding phrase a “cessation of hostilities.”
Israel additionally objected to “the up to date draft’s name for either side to totally implement the most recent hostage deal proposal. The sooner model solely known as on Hamas to just accept the proposal.” (Instances of Israel)
Israel additionally objected to a clause within the decision that “rejects any try at demographic or territorial change within the Gaza Strip”. (which means that the native inhabitants may face ethnic cleaning.) The Israeli envoy additionally wished to omit any point out of America’s “unwavering dedication to reaching the imaginative and prescient of a negotiated two-state resolution… in step with worldwide regulation and related UN resolutions, and on this regard stresses the significance of unifying the Gaza Strip with the West Financial institution beneath the Palestinian Authority.”
In accordance with the Instances of Israel:
The 2-state framework is rejected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities, which has additionally labored to weaken the PA, likening the governing physique to Hamas.
So, if Israel had expressed its opposition to a ceasefire so forcefully simply days earlier, then why did the members of the Safety Council imagine that they (Israel) had all of the sudden modified their thoughts?
It is mindless.
The one nation that wasn’t duped by the ceasefire hoax was Russia who abstained from the vote on a US-proposed decision. In explaining why Russia selected to abstain, Everlasting Consultant Vassily Nebenzia stated the next:
We have now quite a few questions concerning the American draft decision, during which the Council welcomes a sure “deal” whose ultimate contours are nonetheless unknown to anybody save the mediators themselves. The data circulating in open sources is kind of contradictory. The sponsors haven’t knowledgeable the Safety Council of the main points of the agreements. We’re basically being provided to purchase “a pig in a poke”.There was no negotiations course of as such on the draft decision. The sponsors provided variations of the ultimate textual content, in impact demanding that Safety Council members signal as much as them beneath time stress.
Hamas has been known as to just accept the so-called “deal”. However there may be nonetheless no readability as as to whether Israel has formally agreed, as stipulated within the decision, to the “deal” proposed by President Biden, given quite a few statements by Israel on persevering with the warfare till Hamas is totally defeated. What precisely did Israel conform to? Maybe we’re going to hear the reply to that query right now from the Israeli consultant?
We’re satisfied that the Safety Council shouldn’t subscribe to agreements with obscure parameters, with out ensures of their implementation on the bottom, and likewise with none clear understanding of how the events really feel about them. In essence, the Council is giving carte blanche and endorsing a plan whose particulars it doesn’t know. The parameters listed within the three paragraphs should not the main points. For the reason that escalation in Gaza started, the Council has already adopted three resolutions whose implementation stays solely on paper. This one could turn into the fourth. Clarification of vote by Everlasting Consultant Vassily Nebenzia after UNSC vote on a US-proposed draft decision on Gaza, ru
Briefly, the Russian envoy to the UN noticed by means of Blinken’s absurd rip-off and refused to play-along. Now we will see he did the best factor. Now we will see that the administration was making an attempt to rig the Safety Council vote by suggesting that Israel supported measures that Israel didn’t assist. Which will have helped to go the decision, however it didn’t assist to place stress on Netanyahu or pressure him to finish the hostilities in Gaza. As an alternative, the entire matter has rebounded on the administration and made it appear like they’ll interact in all method of counterproductive skulduggery with the intention to get their method.
And what’s it that the administration desires?
Properly, apparently, they need a ceasefire. Apparently, the deepening isolation and reputational harm has gotten so dangerous that western elites are able to throw within the towel. As President Biden stated “it’s time for this warfare to finish.”
But when the Biden administration is severe a couple of ceasefire, then they need to have the braveness to face up and say so, as an alternative of manipulating outcomes on the Safety Council.
They should droop the weapons shipments and lower off the funding pronto. That’s the solely language Netanyahu and his cadres perceive.
