A day after President Biden suggested there could be a deal as soon as Monday, a Hamas official indicated the group would not trade Israeli troops held hostage for Palestinians imprisoned for terrorism.
I mean yes they’ve been very clear about that. If Biden wants Hamas to give up all their leverage he needs to bring to the table something that doesn’t mean Israel can just continue to genocide Gazans in two months.
Especially since, without a permanent ceasefire, this is just an exchange of hostages. And Israel can very easily just continue to grab Palestinians off the street, proclaim them to be ‘Hamas’ and hold them indefinitely, giving them an infinite supply of hostages to hold over Hamas.
I mean yes they’ve been very clear about that. If Biden wants Hamas to give up all their leverage he needs to bring to the table something that doesn’t mean Israel can just continue to genocide Gazans in two months.
Especially since, without a permanent ceasefire, this is just an exchange of hostages. And Israel can very easily just continue to grab Palestinians off the street, proclaim them to be ‘Hamas’ and hold them indefinitely, giving them an infinite supply of hostages to hold over Hamas.