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| Sinwar death ‘significantly’ weakens Hamas |
| 2024-10-18 |
| [GEO.TV] The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar "significantly" weakens Hamas, depriving the Palestinian group of the "mastermind" behind its October 7 attack on Israel, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday. Sinwar "was basically the mastermind behind the 7th of October with the killings, the massacres, the rapes and the kidnapping", von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels. "So his death is certainly significantly weakening Hamas." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 ooh i hope so TW i hope some of those converstions in dark smoke-filled rooms involve moving those people out for good (and to egypt/jordan/qatar not over here) |
| Posted by: Anon1 2024-10-18 22:36 |
| #4 I agree, mossomo. But they’re being pulled in two directions: their heartfelt desire to force Israel to let itself be destroyed vs their fear of driving away the support of the Progressive/Democrat Zionists. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-10-18 13:12 |
| #3 I'll argue this is not strong pro-israeli stance: The US this week confirmed sending a letter warning that Washington’s continued supply of weapons was at risk if Jerusalem didn’t take significant steps to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the enclave within 30 days. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-10-18 13:00 |
| #2 The Biden-Harris administration must be under pro-Israel pressure as well, Anon1. With all else that needed posting last night, I didn’t add this from the Times of Israel: Arms embargo not on table for close ally Israel, Biden’s humanitarian envoy told aid groups — report The US would not consider an arms embargo in Israel over the blocking of food and medicine from the Gaza Strip, the Biden administration’s Middle Eastern aid envoy told humanitarian groups that work in the enclave in August, Politico reports. While pressure through the United Nations was on the table, Grande told the organizations that Israel is part of a “tight circle of very few allies” to whom Washington would not refuse aid, Lise Grande told the organizations at a meeting in the US capital, according to three people present in the meeting and two others who were briefed on it. The sources spoke anonymously about concerns that their groups’ work may be hindered in Gaza. The US this week confirmed sending a letter warning that Washington’s continued supply of weapons was at risk if Jerusalem didn’t take significant steps to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the enclave within 30 days. Israel allowed 50 trucks of humanitarian aid into the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, and the US said Jerusalem had taken initial steps to ease the crisis. So interesting conversations still continue in smoke-filled rooms… |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-10-18 10:20 |
| #1 It is a glorious win But it weakens something else way worse. America has immediately begun saying - you got him ok war is over Wrap it up So you want to end it now? The US biden admin was a reluctant partner at best and now they are gonna put the pressure on to end it But we all know the entire of gaza is hamas, women and children all agree with them and perpetuate them. So how is this over? It is nit over until they all get resettled in egypt, jordan and qatar The pressure is going to be on now to end the war which can never be won until those people are resettled elsewhere |
| Posted by: Anon1 2024-10-18 09:12 |