• snooggums@midwest.social
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    8 months ago

    Previous ceasefire for set times went right back to genocide, so forgive me if I have doubts about a longer one having better results.

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      8 months ago

      Did previous ceasefire attempts get any agreement? Or actually happen?

      One difference is previous attempts were negotiated by Qatar, which has some influence with Hamas, while this was proposed by the US which has some influence with Israel. There’s also building global pressure to end the atrocities.

      Especially since your phrasing appears to blame Israel, surely influence with Israel must give some hope?

      More importantly, all you can do is keep trying until it sticks. I really think that’s a pattern regardless of the country or the violence: first attempt at a ceasefire rarely works but if you keep trying, it will eventually.

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        8 months ago

        There was a short one earlier on for a shotage exchange. Since then Israel leaned even harder into ‘eradicating Hamas’ while slaughtering women and children as 3/4 of deaths, forced Palestinians into smaller ‘safe zones’, and other steps in genocide.

        That is why there is reluctance to give up the hostages for a temporary ceasefire.