Middle East Crisis: Blinken Calls Some Hamas Changes to Cease-Fire Proposal Unacceptable
www.nytimes.com
The secretary of state said the U.S. would keep pushing Israel and Hamas ‘on an urgent basis’ to reach a deal.

Speaking at a news conference in Doha, Qatar, alongside Qatar’s prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Mr. Blinken said that “a deal was on the table that was virtually identical” to one that Hamas put forward on May 6.

At some point, he said, “you have to question whether they’re proceeding in good faith or not.”

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    5 months ago

    Fuck Blinken and fuck the NYT

    Fuck anyone that gives speeches at AIPAC and expects us to believe they’re not bought off already

    https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-the-2023-american-israel-public-affairs-committee-policy-summit/

    Now, I have to admit – (applause) – thank you. As I was talking with Michael and Howard and the other senior leadership of AIPAC a moment ago, I said my lifelong ambition has already been fulfilled by AIPAC because a few years ago – some of you may have been there – I got to appear in the Dallas Cowboys football stadium on a jumbotron. (Laughter.) Never thought that would happen. It’s thanks to you.

    Motherfuckers don’t even try to deny that they’ve been bought off.

    If you’re mad conservatives buy off SC justices with trips and bribes, then you should be pissed off when other high level government officials are bought off.

    And AIPAC buys a shit ton of government officials, regardless of party or anything else.

    They just require complete dedication to Israel over everything else

    • Cleverdawny@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      Why is it hard to believe that the people who started this war don’t actually want it to end

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        5 months ago

        What?

        I agree with that (except calling this genocide a war).

        Israel started it decades ago, and openly keep saying they won’t let it end until their genocide is finished.

        They don’t want it to end yet, because there’s still Palestinians alive in Gaza.

        • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Israel started it? Who was it that invaded the day after the British protectorate ended? Oh right, not Israel. Instead they got invaded by all of the neighbouring arab countries who didn’t like the UN approved borders.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            01·
            5 months ago

            the day after the British protectorate ended?

            That’s a weird place to start the clock…

            Like, you understand that wasn’t that long after that land was all Palestine and the people who had lived there for generations had just been forced out with violence?

            That’s like if you robbed someone but instead of leaving you just stayed in their house and made them live in the backyard for months while threatening them at gunpoint…

            Then one day you sold the gun.

            Would you be surprised the family took the opportunity to get their house back?

            What do you expect that family to do if your brother was the Sheriff and the cops took your side?