| Over/under on how quickly Hamas will sabotage any agreement that they actually agreed to, dear Reader? |
..always the voice of sweet reason...have reportedly signalled their agreement that neither of them would rule in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
during the second phase of a potential ceasefire and hostage exchange deal, a Washington Post column states.
According to the column by US journalist David Ignatius, the interim government will commence with phase two and security would be provided by forces trained by the US and backed by "moderate Arab allies".
The allies will be chosen from a core group of around 2,5000 supporters of the Paleostinian Authority (PA) in Gaza who have been vetted by Israel.
The report adds that a US official said Hamas told mediators they were "prepared to relinquish authority to the interim governance arrangement".
The US has maintained that they were "cautiously optimistic" about ceasefire talks, with the White House national security spokesperson John Kirby telling CNN
...formerly the
Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
on Wednesday that things are moving in a good direction.
"There are still gaps remaining between the two sides. We believe those gaps can be narrowed, and that's what Brett McGurk and CIA Director Bill Burns are trying to do right now," he said.
Sources have also said ceasefire talks in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
will be resuming on Thursday, with Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant saying that a limited window has been opened to bring captives back to Israel.
A senior Israeli official told Haaretz that they estimate that "an Israeli team can reach a deal based on the red lines drawn by Israel. There is a list of proposals and ideas which can, under certain conditions, placate both sides."
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
Hamas has maintained that they will only agree to a deal that allows for a total ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.