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		By: Sennacherib		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are there Any Palestinians left in Israeli jails?]]></description>
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		By: miguel cervantes		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[this is a problem negotiating with these sea people,


https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/hamas-leader-october-7-attack-ceasefire-negotiations/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this is a problem negotiating with these sea people,</p>
<p><a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/hamas-leader-october-7-attack-ceasefire-negotiations/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/hamas-leader-october-7-attack-ceasefire-negotiations/</a></p>
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		By: Kate		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://www.foxnews.com/world/israels-netanyahu-accuses-hamas-trying-back-out-cease-fire-deal

Cease-fire vote delayed. Stay tuned.]]></description>
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<p>Cease-fire vote delayed. Stay tuned.</p>
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		By: Doug		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone who comments on this has a horse in the game, as do I; however, let me explain why EVERY agreement to a ceasefire in exchange for hostages held by a terrorist organization for thousands of terrorists being released into the wild.

First response:

&quot;I’m guessing the hidden part is what Isreal is allowed to do when Hamas inevitably breaks the cease fire. It won’t be Biden handcuffing him, it will be Trump’s call instead.&quot;
ambisinistral stated.  

 I think that is a truth, however; trump said no gloves at all, it&#039;s not our war and Israel may respond as the wish, as long as they get the hostages.  Hegseth basically said the same yesterday.

Now, why I say the Kvetching about how Israel is giving up whatever the number is, 1300? terrorists in exchange for 33 or however for Israeli living and valuable hostages who deserve respite, in exchange for a ceasefire that ALSO offers a respite to the Israeli people who need a turn of leave from constant conflict for a year and a half I have this to say.

Israel is getting some of their very human and valuable citizens who deserve succor after the misery that had been enforced on them over the last year and a half, and hamas no longer has THOSE, though they obviously have more.   And Hamas is getting their however many terrorists released into Gaza.  If the second phase hits then &quot;all&quot; of the hostages will return to Israel, and Hamas will get however many more than a thousand terrorists into their realm of gaza.

The only thing that is important is the people of value, and that&#039;s the Israeli&#039;s, not the terrorists.

Details.

The hostages are suffering and in a just world would have been released instantly by the western world in support of israel in the destruction of Hamas, but that hasn&#039;t been the world since before Jimmy Carter, but now THIS is the path for their liberation.

At the SAME TIME!  The however many more than a thousand terrorists being released by Israel are easily identifiable, every indication of their existence is stored by Israeli intelligence.   Those effers will be tracked as they are welcomed like hero&#039;s into gaza, they will be fetted by hamas or hamas wannabe&#039;s (no difference just different rank) and Israel will collect all of that data showing their movements, their interactions and their support from a terrorist organization.   So Israel, while surrendering &quot;control&quot; of terrorists that were held in prison (pretty posh by ANY standard let alone arab standards) paid for by the victims of these pieces of crap, are now INTEL ASSETS.   They are bugs and moles without their knowledge.  Hamas will maintain the Ceasefire, meaning they will violate it constantly, but only a little bit, until Israel gets as many of their people back as they can, and Hamas will be emboldened making open movements, interacting with the released terrorists, granting even MORE intel to IDF.   When Hamas decides to violate the ceasefire short, which they always do, while still holding 30% of the current count of hostages, The &quot;CeaseFire&quot; will be outright broken after about 50 or 60% of hostages are released, Hamas will blame israel for violating the ceasefire for responding to several rocket attacks or outright statements by Hamas.

It will be about a 2 month sequence I reckon, I bet by April, May at the ABSOLUTE LATEST, Hamas will feel emboldened thinking that Israel wouldn&#039;t dare offend the UN or the US, not knowing that under a Real Republican, a Real President, the UN don&#039;t mean Jack, and will launch rockets, and try to do a grey man attack (sneaking people into israel or activating sleepers) in terrorism, which cut&#039;s israel free, to kill them all over again.

Additional bonus!  Between Now, and later when Hamas breaks the ceasefire, Israel no longer has to provide room and board and legal representation for terrorists who&#039;s only goal is to call their mom and declare their joy of killing jews.   They get to just outright kill them in a war zone.   Israel if I recall correctly doesn&#039;t have a death penalty.   War has no such restrictions.   Remember who you release, track them target them and destroy everyone around them when the UN&#039;s &quot;partner in peace&quot; violates it, as they ALWAYS do.

Meanwhile, families will be reunited, or have closure, there will be a moment of calm in preparation for what is inevitably coming, and re-arm...Prepare...and when the time comes unleash the wrath that Hamas deserves without the arm of a senile old man managed by anti-semites and scared of the UN.

It&#039;s not a matter of Trump Allowing, It&#039;s that Trump, like Americans, believes that it&#039;s not at all our job to hold back an ally, we should punish an enemy.  And to defeat the terror of the mideast, Israelis are The Marines marching on that beachhead, and they are damn good at it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone who comments on this has a horse in the game, as do I; however, let me explain why EVERY agreement to a ceasefire in exchange for hostages held by a terrorist organization for thousands of terrorists being released into the wild.</p>
<p>First response:</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m guessing the hidden part is what Isreal is allowed to do when Hamas inevitably breaks the cease fire. It won’t be Biden handcuffing him, it will be Trump’s call instead.&#8221;<br />
ambisinistral stated.  </p>
<p> I think that is a truth, however; trump said no gloves at all, it&#8217;s not our war and Israel may respond as the wish, as long as they get the hostages.  Hegseth basically said the same yesterday.</p>
<p>Now, why I say the Kvetching about how Israel is giving up whatever the number is, 1300? terrorists in exchange for 33 or however for Israeli living and valuable hostages who deserve respite, in exchange for a ceasefire that ALSO offers a respite to the Israeli people who need a turn of leave from constant conflict for a year and a half I have this to say.</p>
<p>Israel is getting some of their very human and valuable citizens who deserve succor after the misery that had been enforced on them over the last year and a half, and hamas no longer has THOSE, though they obviously have more.   And Hamas is getting their however many terrorists released into Gaza.  If the second phase hits then &#8220;all&#8221; of the hostages will return to Israel, and Hamas will get however many more than a thousand terrorists into their realm of gaza.</p>
<p>The only thing that is important is the people of value, and that&#8217;s the Israeli&#8217;s, not the terrorists.</p>
<p>Details.</p>
<p>The hostages are suffering and in a just world would have been released instantly by the western world in support of israel in the destruction of Hamas, but that hasn&#8217;t been the world since before Jimmy Carter, but now THIS is the path for their liberation.</p>
<p>At the SAME TIME!  The however many more than a thousand terrorists being released by Israel are easily identifiable, every indication of their existence is stored by Israeli intelligence.   Those effers will be tracked as they are welcomed like hero&#8217;s into gaza, they will be fetted by hamas or hamas wannabe&#8217;s (no difference just different rank) and Israel will collect all of that data showing their movements, their interactions and their support from a terrorist organization.   So Israel, while surrendering &#8220;control&#8221; of terrorists that were held in prison (pretty posh by ANY standard let alone arab standards) paid for by the victims of these pieces of crap, are now INTEL ASSETS.   They are bugs and moles without their knowledge.  Hamas will maintain the Ceasefire, meaning they will violate it constantly, but only a little bit, until Israel gets as many of their people back as they can, and Hamas will be emboldened making open movements, interacting with the released terrorists, granting even MORE intel to IDF.   When Hamas decides to violate the ceasefire short, which they always do, while still holding 30% of the current count of hostages, The &#8220;CeaseFire&#8221; will be outright broken after about 50 or 60% of hostages are released, Hamas will blame israel for violating the ceasefire for responding to several rocket attacks or outright statements by Hamas.</p>
<p>It will be about a 2 month sequence I reckon, I bet by April, May at the ABSOLUTE LATEST, Hamas will feel emboldened thinking that Israel wouldn&#8217;t dare offend the UN or the US, not knowing that under a Real Republican, a Real President, the UN don&#8217;t mean Jack, and will launch rockets, and try to do a grey man attack (sneaking people into israel or activating sleepers) in terrorism, which cut&#8217;s israel free, to kill them all over again.</p>
<p>Additional bonus!  Between Now, and later when Hamas breaks the ceasefire, Israel no longer has to provide room and board and legal representation for terrorists who&#8217;s only goal is to call their mom and declare their joy of killing jews.   They get to just outright kill them in a war zone.   Israel if I recall correctly doesn&#8217;t have a death penalty.   War has no such restrictions.   Remember who you release, track them target them and destroy everyone around them when the UN&#8217;s &#8220;partner in peace&#8221; violates it, as they ALWAYS do.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, families will be reunited, or have closure, there will be a moment of calm in preparation for what is inevitably coming, and re-arm&#8230;Prepare&#8230;and when the time comes unleash the wrath that Hamas deserves without the arm of a senile old man managed by anti-semites and scared of the UN.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not a matter of Trump Allowing, It&#8217;s that Trump, like Americans, believes that it&#8217;s not at all our job to hold back an ally, we should punish an enemy.  And to defeat the terror of the mideast, Israelis are The Marines marching on that beachhead, and they are damn good at it.</p>
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		By: Dax		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 05:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t pretend to understand this. There are lots of moving parts. Trump said &quot;if the hostages aren&#039;t released by my swearing-in there will be hell to pay.&quot; Tonight Sean Hannity changed it to &quot;if hostages aren&#039;t released&quot; (no &lt;b&gt;the&lt;/b&gt;), moving the goalposts. 

I thank God that Trump was elected, but we aren&#039;t out of the woods yet. Pray for the USA, and for the peace of Jerusalem.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t pretend to understand this. There are lots of moving parts. Trump said &#8220;if the hostages aren&#8217;t released by my swearing-in there will be hell to pay.&#8221; Tonight Sean Hannity changed it to &#8220;if hostages aren&#8217;t released&#8221; (no <b>the</b>), moving the goalposts. </p>
<p>I thank God that Trump was elected, but we aren&#8217;t out of the woods yet. Pray for the USA, and for the peace of Jerusalem.</p>
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		By: Brian E		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whether good or bad, this was the only deal on the table. Starting over wasn&#039;t an option. I think Trump wants no distractions from his economic agenda.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Al-Khulaifi acknowledged his statement to Just the News the rarity of having a deal first negotiated by incumbent President Joe Biden pushed to fruition by his successor even before Trump takes office on Monday.

U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed to Just the News that Trump and Biden coordinated their strategies before Witkoff dispatched to the region a few weeks ago, creating a diplomatic dynamic that helped restart a deal reached last spring but soon faltered and stagnated for months.

Witkoff and Biden administration officials met in Doha with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar&#039;s prime minister and foreign minister, before Witkoff dispatched separately to Jerusalem to negotiate outstanding issues with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to officials from all three countries. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/top-qatari-official-says-trump-and-his-envoy-pushed-hamas]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether good or bad, this was the only deal on the table. Starting over wasn&#8217;t an option. I think Trump wants no distractions from his economic agenda.</p>
<blockquote><p>Al-Khulaifi acknowledged his statement to Just the News the rarity of having a deal first negotiated by incumbent President Joe Biden pushed to fruition by his successor even before Trump takes office on Monday.</p>
<p>U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed to Just the News that Trump and Biden coordinated their strategies before Witkoff dispatched to the region a few weeks ago, creating a diplomatic dynamic that helped restart a deal reached last spring but soon faltered and stagnated for months.</p>
<p>Witkoff and Biden administration officials met in Doha with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar&#8217;s prime minister and foreign minister, before Witkoff dispatched separately to Jerusalem to negotiate outstanding issues with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to officials from all three countries. </p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/top-qatari-official-says-trump-and-his-envoy-pushed-hamas" rel="nofollow ugc">https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/top-qatari-official-says-trump-and-his-envoy-pushed-hamas</a></p>
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		By: Karmi		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 03:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weak American leaders...Geez. &lt;a href=&quot;https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/world-news/trump-praises-israel-hamas-hostage-deal-that-his-envoy-pushed-netanyahu-to-accept-after-historic-victory-over-biden/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trump praises Israel-Hamas hostage deal that his envoy pushed Netanyahu to accept&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...Ditto on the Geez. 

Well...I’m keeping a close ‘&lt;i&gt;Tally&lt;/i&gt;’ on Trump’s performance this time around, but will wait a little longer before adding this one to his &lt;i&gt;Weak&lt;/i&gt; column. Yes, he isn’t sworn in as President yet, but he sent his “Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff” to get this “Israel-Hamas hostage deal”.

A look thru the pics in Gaza clearly shows who won &lt;i&gt;this possible last battle&lt;/i&gt; in the 7 October War. Gazans look as if they won the War. Israel has been weakening for some time now—Hamas was slowly wearing them down. Too much &lt;i&gt;pussyfooting&lt;/i&gt; around by Israel, IMHO...

&lt;i&gt;Anyway&lt;/i&gt;, as neo mentioned - we are probably only seeing the tip of the ‘&lt;i&gt;iceberg&lt;/i&gt;’ plus we need to consider ‘&lt;i&gt;What did Trump promise Netanyahu in return? Help with Iran?&lt;/i&gt;’ Trump did say ‘&lt;i&gt;that Israel should attack Iran&#039;s nuclear facilities&lt;/i&gt;’ - so maybe he promised some help to Israel on that.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Weak American leaders&#8230;Geez. <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/world-news/trump-praises-israel-hamas-hostage-deal-that-his-envoy-pushed-netanyahu-to-accept-after-historic-victory-over-biden/" rel="nofollow ugc"><b>Trump praises Israel-Hamas hostage deal that his envoy pushed Netanyahu to accept</b></a>&#8230;Ditto on the Geez. </p>
<p>Well&#8230;I’m keeping a close ‘<i>Tally</i>’ on Trump’s performance this time around, but will wait a little longer before adding this one to his <i>Weak</i> column. Yes, he isn’t sworn in as President yet, but he sent his “Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff” to get this “Israel-Hamas hostage deal”.</p>
<p>A look thru the pics in Gaza clearly shows who won <i>this possible last battle</i> in the 7 October War. Gazans look as if they won the War. Israel has been weakening for some time now—Hamas was slowly wearing them down. Too much <i>pussyfooting</i> around by Israel, IMHO&#8230;</p>
<p><i>Anyway</i>, as neo mentioned &#8211; we are probably only seeing the tip of the ‘<i>iceberg</i>’ plus we need to consider ‘<i>What did Trump promise Netanyahu in return? Help with Iran?</i>’ Trump did say ‘<i>that Israel should attack Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities</i>’ &#8211; so maybe he promised some help to Israel on that.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;Iran is close to having a nuke, which is an existential threat to Israel, unlike Hamas.&lt;/i&gt;

Tom Grey:

That&#039;s the ball on which I am keeping an eye.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Iran is close to having a nuke, which is an existential threat to Israel, unlike Hamas.</i></p>
<p>Tom Grey:</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the ball on which I am keeping an eye.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Che is calling in from Bolivia and the Shining Path from Peru.]]></description>
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					<description><![CDATA[I do not get why the US should give a sh*t about Gazans or Palestinians. Just because Tlaib represents Islamists in her district ? I say, Hell NO...Just do the right thing. Kill the sadists, the butchers, the rapists of pre-teen girls. Let us remember Gaza was the last refuge of Muslims that tried to murder both resident and immigrant Jews in the British protectorate then called Palestine by the Brits, failed and fled.
Our Leftists are Jew and Israel haters; they despise Israel&#039;s success. 

And anti-semitism is taking the Western world by storm. That includes the Democratic Party faithful, led by Dopey Joe Biden the corruptocrat. 

The good news is JD Vance will be our vice-president in 5 days. I fully expect him to be elected POTUS after Trump&#039;s 4-year term, for his own term of 8 years.

Read Vance&#039;s book, Hillbilly Elegy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do not get why the US should give a sh*t about Gazans or Palestinians. Just because Tlaib represents Islamists in her district ? I say, Hell NO&#8230;Just do the right thing. Kill the sadists, the butchers, the rapists of pre-teen girls. Let us remember Gaza was the last refuge of Muslims that tried to murder both resident and immigrant Jews in the British protectorate then called Palestine by the Brits, failed and fled.<br />
Our Leftists are Jew and Israel haters; they despise Israel&#8217;s success. </p>
<p>And anti-semitism is taking the Western world by storm. That includes the Democratic Party faithful, led by Dopey Joe Biden the corruptocrat. </p>
<p>The good news is JD Vance will be our vice-president in 5 days. I fully expect him to be elected POTUS after Trump&#8217;s 4-year term, for his own term of 8 years.</p>
<p>Read Vance&#8217;s book, Hillbilly Elegy.</p>
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