Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of backtracking on parts of a Gaza ceasefire deal Thursday and said his Cabinet would not meet to give necessary approval to the agreement until the militant group accepts all of the elements.

  • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    Terrorism is wrong, whether conducted by Palestinians or Israelis. I therefore think the ideal ceasefire would have war criminals from both sides shipped to The Hague.

    Recognizing that that isn’t going to happen though, 30–50 Palestinians per Israeli is also around what the war casualties have been thus far…

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      I would also like to see people punished for their warcrimes but considering most of the Hamas leadership is dead and Israel considers international law to be a suggestion I think there is some chance of that.

      I dont think casualties rates are relevant when considering a prisoner exchange rate.

      I’m mad here at this ceasefire because it’s an artificial end to the fighting. Its peace for the sake of peace and does not resolve any points of conflict. With no security arrangements and no sovereignty agreements the war has achieved nothing and both sides are taking 5 steps back. With no satisfactory off road provided for the Palestinian people there is no option to for them to develop and thus they will continue to repeat the cycle.

      I followed the different negotiations and there were times where both sides has reasonable proposals with 1 unagreeable part that neither side would budge off and the deal fell apart. If they had just come to an agreement on that 1 part they both could walk away with progress but instead we get this ceasefire where both walk away with nothing.