You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, and given the apparent success Mamdani had with Trump, maybe there’s some hope that this subtly changed Trump’s mind.
I wouldn’t count on it though.
robloxfan69 on
I wonder what the totally nuanced and sane people over at r/worldnews have to say about this one
Choice-of-SteinsGate on
What’s baffling to me is how Israel can essentially “pause” the cease fire agreement, bomb Gaza, even though there’s little left to destroy, and very few Palestinians left to displace, then officially resume the cease fire under some kind of unchecked and brazen authority.
So much of Gaza has been destroyed that I figured if there’s any reason for this ceasefire to hold, it’s because there’s next to nothing left to bomb, and next to no one left to be dispossessed of their land.
But it didn’t take long for strikes and fatalities to continue in response to each side of this conflict accusing the other of violating the terms of the agreement.
“Phase 1” of Trump’s “peace plan,” and an agreement that he credited himself with far more than the other leaders and countries involved in hastily brokering it, was a publicity stunt more than anything else for him as it happened to conveniently coincide with the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The rashness, vagueness and the performative nature of the agreement will only make it more difficult to achieve peace long term.
This phase of Trump’s “peace plan” could have been easily implemented months earlier. Before him and his administration backed and co-managed Israel’s militarized aid operation that sidelined humanitarian organizations and led to the deaths of thousands of more civilians; before Israel invaded Gaza city; before they began displacing northern Gazans; before this conflict escalated to the point of regional war; American military intervention; famine; the deadliest conflict for journalists on record; multiple humanitarian crises; and what many started referring to more and more as genocide…
It could have been implemented before so much of Gaza had been leveled that there is little left for Palestinians to return to…
Trump has managed to turn this into a political stunt. Both him and his followers are more focused on prematurely gloating as if Trump is solely responsible for “ending” the war and bringing about “peace in the middle east”—making it more about Trump than those (on all sides) who have suffered tragically throughout this conflict while also overlooking any future obligations that we might have to this war ravaged region and its people because this is Trump’s moment, not theirs.
The whole of right wing media was singing Trump’s praises; echoing the administration’s talking points while demanding a trophy for Trump with every other post, article, headline, announcement. That’s what this was predominantly about, Trump’s ego.
We’ve seen this before. There’s little to no likelihood of a solution where Israelis and Palestinians peacefully coexist… Not as long as Netanyahu is in power. He won’t accept anything resembling a two state solution, neither will his extremist, far right coalition.
Hamas and its backers won’t accept a complete disarmament either and Palestinians have a very difficult road ahead of them, especially if Hamas refuses to relinquish authority and the Israeli government resumes its occupation, its displacement of civilians or conducts future settlements.
And again, what is there to go back *to*? Even if this fragile ceasefire holds, Palestinians still have a major humanitarian crisis on their hands.
Who’s going to help them rebuild? Who’s going to fund recovery efforts? Who’s going to take in refugees? Certainly not the US.
How will their safety be assured? How will famine and disease be prevented while thousands upon thousands of refugees are living in tents for the next several years?
We’re only “phase 1” into an apparent 20-point plan that seems vague and farfetched, but Trump and his allies are acting like this century’s long conflict dating back to the end of World War I has somehow been completely resolved, that the work is near finished, but the work hasn’t even begun.
And if they really believe that “the war is over,” especially while bombings and slayings continue, what does that say about the sincerity and the commitment of their efforts moving forward?
ORIGIN8889 on
Indeed they are. As much as people want to lie to themselves and believe otherwise… sooner you come to terms with this fact the better you will be.
happyherbbby on
Mamdani says accurate things.
Stop genocidal behavior. It’s wrong.
ceiffhikare on
Nah im good on that, not my monkeys not my circus and dont really care what he thinks about that. He was put in office to take care of NYC, that needs to be his focus not this other BS halfway around the world. He cares about all that he can bugger off to the region, Americans got more pressing concerns.
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He ain’t lying…
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, and given the apparent success Mamdani had with Trump, maybe there’s some hope that this subtly changed Trump’s mind.
I wouldn’t count on it though.
I wonder what the totally nuanced and sane people over at r/worldnews have to say about this one
What’s baffling to me is how Israel can essentially “pause” the cease fire agreement, bomb Gaza, even though there’s little left to destroy, and very few Palestinians left to displace, then officially resume the cease fire under some kind of unchecked and brazen authority.
So much of Gaza has been destroyed that I figured if there’s any reason for this ceasefire to hold, it’s because there’s next to nothing left to bomb, and next to no one left to be dispossessed of their land.
But it didn’t take long for strikes and fatalities to continue in response to each side of this conflict accusing the other of violating the terms of the agreement.
“Phase 1” of Trump’s “peace plan,” and an agreement that he credited himself with far more than the other leaders and countries involved in hastily brokering it, was a publicity stunt more than anything else for him as it happened to conveniently coincide with the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The rashness, vagueness and the performative nature of the agreement will only make it more difficult to achieve peace long term.
This phase of Trump’s “peace plan” could have been easily implemented months earlier. Before him and his administration backed and co-managed Israel’s militarized aid operation that sidelined humanitarian organizations and led to the deaths of thousands of more civilians; before Israel invaded Gaza city; before they began displacing northern Gazans; before this conflict escalated to the point of regional war; American military intervention; famine; the deadliest conflict for journalists on record; multiple humanitarian crises; and what many started referring to more and more as genocide…
It could have been implemented before so much of Gaza had been leveled that there is little left for Palestinians to return to…
Trump has managed to turn this into a political stunt. Both him and his followers are more focused on prematurely gloating as if Trump is solely responsible for “ending” the war and bringing about “peace in the middle east”—making it more about Trump than those (on all sides) who have suffered tragically throughout this conflict while also overlooking any future obligations that we might have to this war ravaged region and its people because this is Trump’s moment, not theirs.
The whole of right wing media was singing Trump’s praises; echoing the administration’s talking points while demanding a trophy for Trump with every other post, article, headline, announcement. That’s what this was predominantly about, Trump’s ego.
We’ve seen this before. There’s little to no likelihood of a solution where Israelis and Palestinians peacefully coexist… Not as long as Netanyahu is in power. He won’t accept anything resembling a two state solution, neither will his extremist, far right coalition.
Hamas and its backers won’t accept a complete disarmament either and Palestinians have a very difficult road ahead of them, especially if Hamas refuses to relinquish authority and the Israeli government resumes its occupation, its displacement of civilians or conducts future settlements.
And again, what is there to go back *to*? Even if this fragile ceasefire holds, Palestinians still have a major humanitarian crisis on their hands.
Who’s going to help them rebuild? Who’s going to fund recovery efforts? Who’s going to take in refugees? Certainly not the US.
How will their safety be assured? How will famine and disease be prevented while thousands upon thousands of refugees are living in tents for the next several years?
We’re only “phase 1” into an apparent 20-point plan that seems vague and farfetched, but Trump and his allies are acting like this century’s long conflict dating back to the end of World War I has somehow been completely resolved, that the work is near finished, but the work hasn’t even begun.
And if they really believe that “the war is over,” especially while bombings and slayings continue, what does that say about the sincerity and the commitment of their efforts moving forward?
Indeed they are. As much as people want to lie to themselves and believe otherwise… sooner you come to terms with this fact the better you will be.
Mamdani says accurate things.
Stop genocidal behavior. It’s wrong.
Nah im good on that, not my monkeys not my circus and dont really care what he thinks about that. He was put in office to take care of NYC, that needs to be his focus not this other BS halfway around the world. He cares about all that he can bugger off to the region, Americans got more pressing concerns.
They’re really not.
Fuck Hamas.