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Someday this War's gonna End
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yep agreed
Then why would a Palestinian choose otherwise?
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President Abbas is trying that and it's failing. Numerous Palestinians in the West Bank are being evicted from their homes and killed.
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to save their families
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That approach has failed for numerous families in the West Bank.
Deaths in the West Bank, 2008 to 2025
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Anxieties about diplomatic isolation bubbled to the surface in mid-September when Netanyahu warned Israel will have to be prepared to become more economically self-sufficient, like Sparta in ancient times. “We will increasingly need to adapt to an economy with autarkic characteristics,” he said.
The pushback was immediate, with industry groups among the first to sound the alarm. “An autarkic market will be a disaster for Israel’s economy and will influence every citizen’s quality of life,” fumed the president of the association of Israeli manufacturers, Ron Tomer.
Arnon Bar-David, the head of the Histadrut trade union federation, was more blunt. “I don’t want to be Sparta,” he lamented. Politico
The pushback was immediate, with industry groups among the first to sound the alarm. “An autarkic market will be a disaster for Israel’s economy and will influence every citizen’s quality of life,” fumed the president of the association of Israeli manufacturers, Ron Tomer.
Arnon Bar-David, the head of the Histadrut trade union federation, was more blunt. “I don’t want to be Sparta,” he lamented. Politico
Hamas will demand key revisions to Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire proposal but is likely to accept the plan in coming days as a basis for renewed negotiations, analysts and sources close to the group say.
meanwhile..
A majority of Israelis back US President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, though many doubt it can be implemented, according to a poll published by Israel’s Maariv newspaper. The survey, carried out by the Lazar Research Institute, shows 66 percent of Israelis support Trump’s plan, while just 11 percent oppose it. Twenty-three percent of those surveyed said they did not know. Only 14 percent of Israelis, however, believe the deal has a high chance of success, while 41 percent say it has some chance of implementation. Thirty percent estimate it has a slim chance of success, while 15 percent do not know.
meanwhile..
A majority of Israelis back US President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, though many doubt it can be implemented, according to a poll published by Israel’s Maariv newspaper. The survey, carried out by the Lazar Research Institute, shows 66 percent of Israelis support Trump’s plan, while just 11 percent oppose it. Twenty-three percent of those surveyed said they did not know. Only 14 percent of Israelis, however, believe the deal has a high chance of success, while 41 percent say it has some chance of implementation. Thirty percent estimate it has a slim chance of success, while 15 percent do not know.
but...not today.
...or this day.
The United States has called on the United Nations Security Council to officially back its draft resolution aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, warning that Palestinians could suffer “grave consequences” if it does not. The call came as Russia presented the council with its own “counter-proposal” on Gaza, challenging Washington’s draft, according to a copy seen by the Reuters news agency.
According to a draft of the text seen by the AFP news agency, it would authorise a two-year mandate running until the end of 2027 for a transitional governance body in Gaza – known as the “Board of Peace” – that Trump would chair. It would also authorise member states to form a “temporary International Stabilization Force (ISF)” that would work on the “permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups” in Gaza, protect civilians and secure humanitarian aid corridors.
Russia presented its own counter-resolution to the UNSC on Thursday. “The objective of our draft is to enable the Security Council to develop a balanced, acceptable, and unified approach toward achieving a sustainable cessation of hostilities,” the note said.
Allahu Akhbar@Al Jazeera
The United States has called on the United Nations Security Council to officially back its draft resolution aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, warning that Palestinians could suffer “grave consequences” if it does not. The call came as Russia presented the council with its own “counter-proposal” on Gaza, challenging Washington’s draft, according to a copy seen by the Reuters news agency.
According to a draft of the text seen by the AFP news agency, it would authorise a two-year mandate running until the end of 2027 for a transitional governance body in Gaza – known as the “Board of Peace” – that Trump would chair. It would also authorise member states to form a “temporary International Stabilization Force (ISF)” that would work on the “permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups” in Gaza, protect civilians and secure humanitarian aid corridors.
Russia presented its own counter-resolution to the UNSC on Thursday. “The objective of our draft is to enable the Security Council to develop a balanced, acceptable, and unified approach toward achieving a sustainable cessation of hostilities,” the note said.
Allahu Akhbar@Al Jazeera
