Hamas accepts UN ceasefire resolution, ready to negotiate over details, official says
Hamas accepts UN ceasefire resolution, ready to negotiate over details, official says
CAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - Hamas accepts a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution and is ready to negotiate over the details, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that it was up to Washington to ensure that Israel abides by it.
Hamas accepts the UN security council resolution in regard to the ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli troops and swap of hostages for detainees held by Israel, he said.
"The U.S. administration is facing a real test to carry out its commitments in compelling the occupation to immediately end the war in an implementation of the UN Security Council resolution," Abu Zuhri said.
Whoa. This is huge, no?
Not to sound cynical but I have a hard time believing Netanyahu will accept the agreement. Israel is not generally negotiating in good faith.
Hamas accepts the UN security council resolution in regard to the ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli troops and swap of hostages for detainees held by Israel, he said.
Guess it depends on if Israel actually follows through
Israel vows to press on in Gaza after UN Security Council approves ceasefire proposal
I suppose that’s the answer to your question.
From the article:
Israel has vowed to persist with its military operation in Gaza, saying it won’t engage in “meaningless” negotiations with Hamas, shortly after the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly approved a US-backed ceasefire plan intended to bring an end to the eight-month war.
The senior diplomat said the war would not end until all hostages were returned and Hamas’ capabilities were “dismantled,” accusing the Palestinian militant group of using “endless negotiations… as a means to stall for time.”
It's pretty amazing Biden wants to keep doing the same dance for a month straight where israel supposedly accepts a deal but then instantly walks it back the moment Hamas accepts.
What would you like him to do?
Invoke Leahy law like he is obliged to and cut off all weapons exports to israel because israel is committing war crimes.
Or at least stop bringing up the same deal every single week followed by israel rejecting it and him doing nothing about it.
stand on business
We're negotiating with Hamas?
We're negotiating with Israel?
We've been allied with Israel for 60 years. Bibi is fucking that up and needs to go. I'm not sure that being the mediator between a powermonger and a terrorist organization is the right answer. I don't know what the right answer is. How many Americans are still there and what should we do to get them home?
Yes. Diplomacy is good. War is bad. Killing civilians is bad. Abducting people is bad. But diplomacy is good.
Yes, just like when someone take hostages in a bank, you don't kill the abducter and the hostages with him