vegeta@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoHamas accepts Egypt, Qatar's ceasefire proposal, Al Jazeera reportswww.reuters.commessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down18
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·8 months agoIt doesn’t matter because if Israel doesn’t accept it, the war will continue as if it didn’t happen.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-28 months ago It doesn’t matter because if Israel doesn’t accept it, the war will continue as if it didn’t happen. Well, I didn’t say it would be effective or not, just that it matters in the moment, it’s a focal point. That’s what I meant by “Wheels within Wheels”. The political chess game that is played after each move. It’s not something to be simply ignored. Anti Commercial-AI license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoIt is still a show of good faith and progress. Egypt and Qatar would not put forward a deal that didn’t at least have a reasonable point of negotiation. So far this is the first I’ve heard about Hama’s making a serious ceasefire proposal.
It doesn’t matter because if Israel doesn’t accept it, the war will continue as if it didn’t happen.
Well, I didn’t say it would be effective or not, just that it matters in the moment, it’s a focal point.
That’s what I meant by “Wheels within Wheels”. The political chess game that is played after each move. It’s not something to be simply ignored.
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It is still a show of good faith and progress. Egypt and Qatar would not put forward a deal that didn’t at least have a reasonable point of negotiation. So far this is the first I’ve heard about Hama’s making a serious ceasefire proposal.