From: The Jerusalem Post January 23, 2025
Hamas commander back from the dead and Israel's Gaza problem

After the ceasefire on January 19 the IDF redeployed the Nahal Brigade, which had been fighting in Beit Hanun, to the border area to prepare for new missions. This again illustrates the challenge the IDF faced in northern Gaza.

Three months of tough fighting from October to January demonstrated how hard it was to remove Hamas completely from this area. That someone such as Fiad has not only survived but has popped up to declare victory is an example of the Hamas plan all along.

1. Hamas always believed all it had to do was hide in the rubble and wait.
2. It didn’t need to confront the IDF with “battalions” of fighters.
3. It split them up into small groups and waited.

While Hamas may have suffered thousands of casualties – according to IDF estimates, nearly 20,000 of its fighters were eliminated – the terrorist group continues to hold on to Gaza.

In the absence of any other group willing to administer the area, it will continue to run things with men such as Fiad.

He makes no secret of Hamas’s strategy.
The challenge Israel has faced in confronting such a strategy is that it has not come up with an effective counterstrategy.

Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
Reuters by Jonathan Landay and Aram Roston 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• 96 American special forces veterans for Gaza checkpoint duty

UG Solutions, a small U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 US special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the
Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment email seen by Reuters, introducing armed American contractors into the heart of one of the world's most violent conflict zones

UG Solutions - a low-profile company founded in 2023 and based in Davidson, North Carolina - is offering a daily rate starting at $1,100 with a $10,000 advance to veterans it hires, the email said

They will staff the checkpoint at a key intersection in Gaza's interior, said the spokesperson, who confirmed the authenticity of the email

Some people have been recruited and are already at the checkpoint, said the spokesperson, speaking on condition of anonymity
He did not say how many contractors were already in Gaza

UG Solutions' role in the ceasefire deal has been reported but the email disclosed previously unknown details including the aim of recruiting 96 veterans exclusively with US special operations forces backgrounds, the pay and the types of weapons they will carry

Reuters reported on January 7 that Emirati officials had suggested the use of private contractors as part of a post-war peacekeeping force in Gaza and that the idea had caused concern among Western nations

• Deployment raises concerns of Americans, in Middle East conflict zone

The deployment of armed US contractors in Gaza, where Hamas remains a potent force after 16 months of war, is unprecedented and poses the risk that Americans could be drawn into fighting as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to keep the Hamas-Israel conflict from reigniting

Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
Reuters by Jonathan Landay and Aram Roston 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• M4 rifles and Glock pistols armed US contractors for checkpoint duty

Among the risks facing the Americans are gunfights with Islamist militants or Palestinians angry over Washington's support for Israel's Gaza offensive

Avi Melamed, a former Israeli intelligence official, said:
The document said the contractors will be armed with M4 rifles, which are used by the Israeli and US militaries and Glock pistols

The rules of engagement governing when UG Solutions personnel can open fire have been finalized, the spokesperson said but he declined to disclose them
He declined to discuss how the company won the contract

A Palestinian official close to the talks confirmed US contractors would also be at checkpoints,
1. at the intersection of the Netzarim Corridor dividing northern and southern Gaza
2. and Salah al-Din Street, which separates the east and west of the enclave

However the official said the US contractors would be deployed away from residents passing through and they must not deal with the local population The UG Solutions email said,
The Israeli prime minister's office declined to provide any further comment on the security arrangements
The US State Department, Egypt's foreign office and Hamas did not immediately respond to requests for comment

Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
Reuters by Jonathan Landay and Aram Roston 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• Hamas 'Victory Narrative'

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank who grew up in Gaza, downplayed the danger for the Americans because their role in the return of displaced Palestinian civilians bolsters Hamas' claim of victory over Israel
January 19 marked the start of a 60-day ceasefire: the first phase of the deal mediated by Egypt and Qatar with US support

Since then, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have been streaming on foot and in vehicles through the checkpoint north toward Gaza City, much of it churned to rubble by Israeli bombardments

*Reporting by Jonathan Landay and Aram Roston. Additional reporting by Erin Banco in New York, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Nafisa Eltahir in Cairo and Alexander Cornwell and Emily Rose in Jerusalem Editing by Don Durfee and Frank Jack Daniel

Trump: Netanyahu and Israel are his close friends
The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon 29 January 2025

Extracts:

• Netanyahu first to meet Trump

First in line: Why Netanyahu’s swift White House invite matters

By swiftly inviting Netanyahu to the White House, Trump is sending a clear message to the region and beyond:
Netanyahu and Israel are his close friends.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday, February 4 marking the first time an Israeli leader is the first world statesman to meet a newly inaugurated American president

In the world of diplomacy, optics matter, and this distinction – traditionally given to the leader of Canada, Britain, Mexico or Japan as a reflection of close ties and the special nature of those relationships – is no trivial matter

It underscores the symbolic importance of the US-Israel relationship

• Netanyahu 'last' to meet Biden

This is particularly significant considering what happened the last time a new president took office when many worldwide were sitting with a stopwatch measuring how long it would take then-US president Joe Biden, to call Netanyahu

Trump: Netanyahu and Israel are his close friends
The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon 29 January 2025

Extracts:

• Biden and Netanyahu

It took a very long time – 28 days, to be exact – and people took notice

White House spokesperson Jen Psaki was even asked about the delayed call at a press conference 23 days in, saying,Psaki said to reporters who were noting that Biden had already talked to “every other major ally in Europe and in Asia”

A huge deal was made of this in the media, with interpretations varying from,

• Biden not wanting to give Netanyahu any possible boost before Israeli elections scheduled in March of that year
• to lingering resentment toward the prime minister from the years when Biden was Barack Obama’s vice president
• the icy relationship between the two administrations
• and efforts, to distance Washington from Jerusalem, in the hopes that this would bring the US closer to the Arab states

Trump: Netanyahu and Israel are his close friends
The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon 29 January 2025

Extracts:

• Biden administration displeasure toward Israel and Netanyahu

In short, the delayed call was seen as sending a message
A similar dynamic played out after Netanyahu returned as prime minister in late December 2022

It took Biden 9 months to arrange a meeting with Netanyahu and even then, it was on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly rather than at the White House

This snub was viewed as the administration signaling its displeasure toward Israel:
1. displeasure with the Israeli prime minister’s hard-right coalition partners
2. opposition to his judicial overhaul
3. broader dissatisfaction with his government’s policies

There was also a domestic component to this, with Biden trying to placate the progressive wing of the Democratic Party who viewed Netanyahu unfavorably and would look askance at any gesture toward him

Just as in 2021 much ink and airtime were devoted, to why it took so long for Biden,
1. to call Netanyahu
2. and what that meant about Israeli-US relations

Netanyahu’s domestic critics jumped on this as proof that Netanyahu had poisoned Israel-US ties

Trump: Netanyahu and Israel are his close friends
The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon 29 January 2025

Extracts:

• Trump Invitation to Netanyahu 8 days after the inauguration

Netanyahu has an invitation in hand just 8 days after the inauguration, with the meeting to take place on day 15 of the new presidency

If volumes were read into the time it took Biden to call Netanyahu or invite him to the White House, then – in all fairness – equal attention should be paid to the speed with which the prime minister was invited this time

Fast forward four years from Biden... So what does it mean?
First, if the delays signaled distance between Jerusalem and Washington, the quickness of the visit signals closeness

By swiftly inviting Netanyahu to the White House, Trump is sending a clear message to the region and beyond:
Netanyahu and Israel are his close friends. That is an important message to project early on

This gesture shows allies and adversaries alike that the US-Israel relationship is back on very firm footing and Washington’s support for Jerusalem is unwavering

This perception is critical in a region where symbolism matters a great deal

Trump: Netanyahu and Israel are his close friends
The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon 29 January 2025

Extracts:

• US and Israel close relationship

For Israel’s enemies, like Iran and Hezbollah, this early-stage meeting is likely to be read as a reaffirmation of US support for Israel, dashing any hope they may have had that Washington’s stance on Israel was shifting in their favor

One of Israel’s key diplomatic assets is, its close relationship with Washington – and just as important, the perception of that closeness
When that closeness is visible, Israel can leverage it with Arab states and others seeking better access to the US

A freeze-out, on the other hand, sends the opposite impression

If Israel appears to have lost its privileged access to the White House, then one of its key advantages for Arab states with whom it wants to normalize ties, diminishes That is no small matter

Israel has long traded on its unique standing with Washington, not just in the Middle East but with countries worldwide that lack direct access to US power centers

A White House meeting is a visible demonstration of that access

Trump: Netanyahu and Israel are his close friends
The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon 29 January 2025

Extracts:

• Israel remains at the forefront of US foreign policy considerations under Trump

Also, when the relations between Israel and the US are seen as warm and close, it has a spillover effect on other countries who take their cues from America

When tensions are visible and the optics are bad, countries that may want to take a more critical approach toward Israel may feel emboldened, reasoning that if the US is creating distance, they can afford to do the same

Predictably, some are arguing that such an early meeting is not necessarily a good thing and that Trump is giving Netanyahu a bear hug so that it will be impossible for him to say “no” to future US demands whether regarding Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Iran or a Palestinian state

While there may be some truth to that, the meeting itself coming so soon – and the message that sends – is undeniably positive

It signals to friend and foe alike that the US stands firmly with Israel, a reality that all parties will have to take into consideration when contemplating their next moves

Even if no major policy announcements emerge from the meeting – though issues such as post-war Gaza, Saudi normalization, Iran and the Houthis will surely be discussed – its timing alone carries immense symbolic weight

It demonstrates that Israel remains at the forefront of US foreign policy considerations under Trump, a reassuring thought with which to start the next four years

Israel must win this war
Jewish News Syndicate by Caroline B. Glick 25 January 2025

Extracts:

• The Palestinian war against Israel is a zero-sum game—either

1. Israel wins, ensuring its survival and the terrorists are defeated; or
2. the terrorists win and Israel’s countdown to destruction begins;


Day 483
1. Unfortunately Israel has precious little to nothing, to show for it
2. Israel has not achieved any of its goals, in any front
3. In fact, control of Gaza [back] to Hamas
4. sacrifices, horrifically wounded soldiers and soldiers returning in coffins
5. brutal human cost of innocent civilians
6. death, devastation, destruction, despair all around
7. Israel forced to negotiate with terrorists
8. war cost nearly $42 billion, an average of $83.8 million per day


Please! Only Trump can Make Israel Great, Mighty, Powerful and Secure Again.... Once and for All

From: Institute for the Study of War January 31, 2025
Israel’s Operational Success and Strategic Shortcomings in the Gaza Strip

The Israeli campaign into the Gaza Strip was a military success but has fallen short thus far of setting conditions to replace Hamas as a governing entity.

The Israeli government enumerated three objectives at the beginning of the war:
1. destroy Hamas’ military,
2. return the hostages
3. and destroy Hamas’ government.

These objectives—though expansive—were achievable through a combination of military and political action.

The Israeli campaign succeeded in destroying Hamas’ military and securing a ceasefire that would release the hostages.

The campaign has also isolated Hamas in the Gaza Strip, though Israel and its partners will need to ensure that Hamas remains contained.

But neither Israel nor the United States has tried seriously to achieve a political end state that would build upon this military success and permanently replace Hamas as a governing entity in the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s failure to achieve this final war aim means that the strip will remain without an alternative governance structure and security broker, and Hamas remnants will inevitably try to fill that role again, especially as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) withdraw.

Hamas will use this space to reassert its political authority and reconstitute its forces—unless the United States and Israel take further steps to prevent those things from occurring.

The IDF destroyed Hamas’ military through systematic clearing operations and targeted raids.

The IDF isolated and then degraded Hamas units until they could not operate without being fully rebuilt, the doctrinal definition for destroying a military force.

Hamas could not impede any Israeli operation by late 2024 which demonstrated Hamas’ weakness.

The IDF established two operationally significant corridors during its clearance operations that isolated Hamas forces in the north from their counterparts in the south and isolated Hamas from external resupply.

The seizure of the two corridors can enable the IDF to prevent Hamas from reconstituting militarily.

Netzarim Corridor:
The first corridor, which cut off the northern strip from the south, meant that Hamas’ forces in the south could not resupply those in the north, preventing Hamas‘ reconstitution in the north.

The IDF used this corridor to launch repeated raids into the northern Strip and disrupt Hamas' efforts at reconstitution because reconstitution requires a force to remain out-of-contact for substantial periods of time.

These raids prevented Hamas from benefiting materially from new recruits because they had no sanctuary in which to learn ambush techniques or how to build improvised explosive devices or rockets.

1. The repeated IDF raids also killed key Hamas commanders and destroyed weapons stockpiles.
2. Hamas in the northern strip could not readily replace dead commanders or destroyed weapons.

Philadelphi corridor:
The Philadelphi corridor, which cut Hamas off from external resupply, could prevent Hamas’ reconstitution over the long term if Israel or its partners secure the Gaza Strip-Egypt border after the ceasefire.

This corridor could enable Israel to block Hamas resupply from elsewhere abroad and contain the group after the war.

The IDF’s isolate-and-raid concept was operationally sound but worked only so long as the IDF was in the Gaza Strip.

1. Though Hamas is destroyed militarily, small cells of fighters remain throughout the strip.
2. They will exploit the IDF withdrawal to establish a sanctuary for themselves and begin reconstitution efforts.
3. Hamas may thus be able to reverse over time some of the hard-fought victories that the IDF achieved.

A Hamas force reconstituted under these conditions is very unlikely to be able to launch another October 7, 2023 style attack any time soon, however.

IDF military pressure compelled Hamas to seek a peace agreement to release the hostages.

The purpose of military force is usually to render an enemy unable or unwilling to fight.

The Israeli logic was that military pressure on Hamas would make it lose either the ability or willingness to fight, which would eventually translate into a ceasefire-hostage deal.

Hamas was not willing to agree to a US-proposed, Israeli-accepted ceasefire in May 2024

The IDF’s military campaign compelled Hamas, to concede military defeat when the group agreed to the May 2024 ceasefire, in January 2025

The Israeli government has yet to translate the IDF victories in the Gaza Strip into a political victory that eliminates Hamas as a governing entity, however.

The IDF and the Israeli government needed to define a clear political end state to turn the military victory into a victory that secured all three war aims.

The Israeli government refused to identify such an end state, making it difficult for IDF commanders to execute military operations that would have set better conditions to destroy Hamas’ ability to control the strip and rebuild its government.

The United States similarly never seriously articulated a desired political outcome in the Gaza Strip beyond a nebulous “peace.”

US and international insistence on political outcomes based on the Palestinian Authority, a body that has no capacity to govern the Gaza Strip (and can hardly control the West Bank) greatly constrained creative thinking about an approach to post-Hamas governance in Gaza that might actually come to pass.

The Israeli government and its allies and partners can still contain Hamas and limit its ability to threaten Israel again even without the group’s permanent destruction.

Destroyed military organizations can reconstitute themselves given the space and time to do so, and Hamas will almost certainly attempt to rebuild its military and governance capabilities in the coming years, even if it does not fully take over the government in Gaza.

The United States and its partners must prevent Hamas from rebuilding itself in order to avoid future rounds of conflict in the Gaza Strip.

The United States, Israel, and their partners should support adequate border control measures to prevent weapons smuggling and ensure that humanitarian aid does not benefit Hamas.

The fact that Hamas says it is prepared to distribute aid in Gaza is an alarming indicator in this regard.

It is not yet clear how Hamas will rebuild, or if Hamas in the Gaza Strip will remain part of the wider, multi-territory Hamas organization as Mohammad Sinwar takes control of the organization‘s military in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas will certainly attempt to reconstitute and could become a threat to Israel once more—even if Hamas never again reaches the capabilities it possessed on October 7, 2023

US policy should attempt to support Israeli efforts to prevent Hamas’ reconstitution.

Day 484 “We all must end this war – before this war ends us."


Israel, US and allies must stop Hamas’ reconstitution and terrorists rebuilding
Israel must win this war, ensuring its survival and the terrorists are defeated; So that Never again

If only Israel had not been asleep at the wheel...
1. October 7 would never have happened, in the first place
2. would not be in the terrible place, they are now in
3. and would not be forced to negotiate with terrorists

Trump may send Biden frozen arms shipment to Israel
Haaretz 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• US may send Israel arms shipment frozen by Biden administration

The Trump administration is considering sending Israel 24,000 assault rifles after former Secretary of State Antony Blinken ordered to freeze the arms shipment, The New York Times reported a US official saying.

The $34 million order was held up due to concerns by Democratic lawmakers that the weapons could be used unjustifiably,
1. against Palestinians in the West Bank or
2. to support settlers involved in acts of violence against Palestinians

Never mind unjustifiabe terror against Israel

Israeli Army Reservists Spying for Iran
Haaretz by Josh Breiner 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• Two Israeli Army Reservists Charged With,

1. Spying for Iran
2. Providing Classified Intel on Iron Dome

According to the indictment, one of the two suspected IDF reservists,
1. photographed the radar screen of the Iron Dome system
2. and sent it to an Iranian agent

The two also sprayed graffiti at several sites around Israel and sent pictures to the agent

Israel's State Prosecutor's Office filed indictments on Friday with the Haifa District Court against two army reservists for spying on behalf of Iran

Iran Recruiting Israelis for Spying
Haaretz by Omer Benjakob 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• Israel Struggles With Iran's Recruiting of Its Citizens for Spying

With a soldier arrested on suspicions of passing on footage of the Iron Dome missile-defense system, the police have released their own video warning about treason and the death penalty

The authorities are struggling to cope with Iran's recruiting of Israelis as agents, highlighted by the arrest this week of two more suspects, one a soldier who allegedly sent his handlers footage on the operation of the Iron Dome missile-defense system

New York City honors Holocaust Center and survivors “Yad Vashem Way”
The Times of Israel by Michele Chabin 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• New York City honors Holocaust Center and survivors with a street naming

Yad Vashem Way is the initiative of Mayor Eric Adams and Council Member Keith Powers, with the City Council’s endorsement

On Thursday (January 30) the City of New York honored Yad Vashem and the victims of the Holocaust with a street named after the world’s largest Holocaust remembrance center

The dedication of “Yad Vashem Way” came two days after International Holocaust Day, on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

The unveiling of the street sign was attended by Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem and Rabbi Arthur Schneier, senior rabbi of the Park East Synagogue as well as community leaders, Holocaust survivors and political leaders

Congressman Jerry Nadler, Borough President Mark Levine, and Council Members Keith Powers and Julie Menin were in attendance.

“Yad Vashem Way” is located on the corner of East 67th Street and 3rd Avenue – down the block from the Park East Synagogue

Dayan said,

Trump and Netanyahu meeting
Haaretz by Yossi Verter 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• Don't Bet on How Netanyahu's Meeting With Trump, the Old Friend He Disappointed, Will End

Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington may be historic and decide the fate of the hostage deal and the government

The first signs of election season were also observed this week in Jerusalem
Who takes first place in the parade of distortion and gaslighting?

There's no sense in betting right now on what President Donald Trump will tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next Tuesday.

But if we were to gamble based on what was said during discussions last week, in Washington between close associates of the US president and a senior Israeli figure, the direction it's likely to take will be,

Israeli-Saudi normalization
Anadolu Agency AA Ankara, Türkiye by Diyar Guldogan 21 January 2025

Extracts:

• Trump

Trump believes Saudi Arabia, to normalize ties with Israel, Israeli-Saudi normalization can be reached

• Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is said to have postponed US-backed plans for the kingdom to normalize ties with Israel, after the eruption of the Gaza war in October 2023 It says, it would not recognize Israel without a Palestinian state

Middle East post-war challenges
Haaretz by Ben Samuels 31 January 2025

Extracts:

• Middle East challenges

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and US secretary of state discuss bilateral relations, the strategic partnership between the two countries and the latest regional developments"

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, received a phone call from United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Friday. The call comes one day after Rubio speculated on a post-war Middle East, saying,

• Syria, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Iran

• Saudi Arabia and Israel deal

Rubio continued, saying, this would make it "easier" to,

From: The Times of Israel February 1, 2025
Trump: “clean out” the Gaza Strip

Trump speaks with Egypt’s Sissi after repeatedly floating idea, to relocate Gazans

US, Egyptian readouts of call make no mention of proposal, after Arab foreign ministers convene in Cairo to reject any effort to ‘vacate’ the Gaza Strip

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi told his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday that the world was relying on him
“to reach a permanent and historic peace agreement” to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Saturday’s phone call was the first between the two leaders since Trump repeatedly floated a plan in recent days to relocate Palestinians from Gaza into Jordan and Egypt, which Sissi and other Arab leaders have strongly rejected.

Neither the American nor the Egyptian readout of the call mentioned the proposal.

The White House’s statement sufficed with noting that the two “discussed Egypt’s important role in the release of hostages from Gaza” and that Sissi expressed his confidence that “Trump’s leadership could usher in a golden age of Middle East peace.”

The statement from Sissi’s office said he and Trump extended mutual invitations for state visits during the call, and stressed the importance of continued “coordination and cooperation.”

Sissi also noted that “the international community is counting on President Trump’s ability to reach a permanent and historic peace agreement that ends the conflict that has existed in the region for decades,” the statement said.

Trump last month suggested a plan to “clean out” the Gaza Strip, saying last Saturday he would “like Egypt to take people,” as well as Jordan. Both Egypt and Jordan have rejected the idea.

At the time, he said he would speak to Sissi the following day, but Egypt later denied the call had taken place.

On Wednesday, Sissi called the proposal “an injustice that we cannot take part in,” but said he was “determined to work with President Trump, who seeks to achieve the desired peace based on the two-state solution.”

Trump, however, insisted again on Thursday that
Egypt is a key US ally in the region, and was the only country besides Israel to receive an exemption from Trump’s foreign aid freeze last month. Though according to Reuters, the freeze had already been blocked temporarily by a federal judge in Washington

Since the Hamas terror group attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 — killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, triggering war in the Gaza Strip — Egypt has played a delicate balancing act,
1. maintaining its mediator role in the conflict
2. while positioning itself as a champion of the Palestinian cause.

Sissi said on Wednesday of the proposed plan:
“If I were to ask this of the Egyptian people, all of them would take to the streets to say no,”

At a meeting in Cairo on Saturday, top diplomats from Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar also rejected any forcible displacement of Palestinians. Responding to Trump, Arab nations reject transferring Gazans ‘under any circumstances’

the joint statement read:
“We affirm our rejection of [any attempts] to compromise Palestinians’ unalienable rights, whether through settlement activities, or evictions or annex of land or through vacating the land from its owners… in any form or under any circumstances or justifications,”

The signatories added that they were looking forward to working with Trump’s administration to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East based on a two-state solution -- Never mind unjustifiable terror against Israel Rewarding terrorism

Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Palestinian Authority and Arab League say such plans would pose a threat to regional stability, risk expanding conflict

The foreign ministers rejected any “infringement of the inalienable rights” of Palestinians, whether by “settlement, expulsion, home demolitions, annexation, depopulation of the land of its people through displacement, encouraged transfer or the uprooting of Palestinians from their land.”

The statement warned that such plans:
1. “threaten the region’s stability,
2. risk expanding the conflict
3. undermine prospects for peace and coexistence among its peoples.”

On Friday, state-linked media in Egypt broadcast footage of people protesting near Egypt’s border with Gaza against Palestinian displacement

hostage-ceasefire agreement:
The readout from Sissi’s office on Saturday did not mention the proposal, but said the call “witnessed a positive dialogue” between the presidents on the implementation of the hostage-ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, brokered by Egypt, the US and Qatar.

The deal, which went into effect last month, envisions a three-stage ceasefire that is ultimately intended to establish a “sustainable calm” in the Strip, but the sides have so far only agreed to a first phase.

So far, 13 Israeli hostages have been freed as part of the deal, which mandates the release of 33 so-called “humanitarian” hostages during its first 42-day phase, and Israel has released hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners.

From: Haaretz February 1, 2025
Overcome by Hubris, Netanyahu Hopes the Israel-Hamas Deal Will Collapse

The hostages' families are publicly thanking Trump for the cease-fire agreement, hoping he'll pressure Netanyahu to stick to the deal. For his part, the prime minister and his far-right allies hope that Tuesday's White House talks will enable them to continue the war

So far, the hostage deal is progressing smoothly.

The chaos that reigned Thursday during Hamas' hostage-release ceremonies in Khan Yunis was replaced Saturday morning by an obvious effort to restore order. In doing so, Hamas showcased its control of the Gaza Strip.

Fuck all the Jew haters, let them burn in Helll.


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