Getting Them To The Table

As the Israel Defense force increases its offensive in Gaza, Hamas unsurprisingly wants to negotiate with lower demands as we read in a report from The Jerusalem Post:

Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that as the IDF expands its operations in Gaza, the Hamas delegation in Doha has announced its intention to resume negotiations on a hostage deal.

Katz notes, and rightly so that Hamas has been difficult to work with up until now:

"This is in contrast to the uncooperative position they had taken up until this moment," he added.

It appears that the terrorists in Gaza see a bleak future for them if the current offensive, Gideon’s Chariots continues unabated. Now they want to talk with a more open mind:

Hamas confirmed this new round of talks with Israel was underway in Qatar's Doha, group official Taher al-Nono told Reuters.

He said both sides were discussing all issues without "pre-conditions."

Israel set a time frame for a new deal that would allow Hamas to avoid getting hit hard and they didn’t meet it:

In early May, Israel's security cabinet decided that if Hamas does not agree to Israel’s proposed outline by the time Trump concludes his Middle East visit, the military operation in Gaza will be significantly expanded.

US President Donald Trump left the region on Friday.

Israel sent a team to Qatar just in case Hamas actually wants a deal:

The Israeli delegation is expected to remain in Qatar until Saturday night, according to Walla. The proposed deal includes the release of 10 hostages in exchange for a 45-day ceasefire.

I think that deal is too long and the IDF needs to just keep on striking Hamas and rescue the hostages. Even the pro-Hamas negotiators have had it with Hamas:

A foreign source familiar with the details noted that the Qatari mediators were very frustrated with the talks that took place recently in Doha, Walla reported.

Hamas wants to stall because it’s the only way they can survive so it’s no surprise that no progress has been made so far:

There has been no progress in the first three days of the Gaza deal negotiations in Doha, Qatar, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.

I still say relocate the Gazans, rescue the hostages, and take over the humanitarian aid from Hamas. Then and only then will we see the terror threat from them end once and for all.

The Expected Outrage Begins

We’re told in an article from The Times Of Israel that Israeli offensive is unjust and inhuman which figures since those voicing the most “concern” are as antisemitic as they come. Their “outrage” is based on this account from the terrorists themselves:

Airstrikes were reported Saturday in the areas of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and Jabalia, in the Strip’s north. Marwan Al-Sultan, director of northern Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital, said Saturday morning that the medical center had since midnight received “58 martyrs, while a large number of victims remain under the rubble.”

Of course they call all the people who died martyrs. That right there should shade their accounts for anyone with an objective view of things. But they go on with the hyperbole:

Sultan said the situation at the hospital was “tragic and catastrophic after its surroundings were targeted again this morning, causing the collapse of ceilings and cracks in the walls.”

“The operating rooms and intensive care units are completely full, and we are unable to receive any more critical cases,” he said.

He added there was “a severe shortage of blood units, medicines, medical and therapeutic supplies, and surgical procedures.”

Doctors had been forced to source blood for transfusions from other patients and even from themselves “due to the impossibility of donations from citizens due to malnutrition,” said Sultan.

Meanwhile, Hamas’s civil defense agency said 10 bodies had been brought to Gaza hospitals following strikes Saturday morning.

Of course we won’t be shown proof of any of this. The article does show leaflets that were dropped in the areas hit by Israel telling people to evacuate beforehand. And they don’t differentiate between Hamas terrorists and civilians in their counts. It is entirely possible that the people flooding the hospitals are their own troops. And then comes the international outrage:

Speaking at an Arab League summit in Baghdad on Saturday, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres expressed astonishment at Israel’s expanded operation in the besieged Strip.

“We need a permanent ceasefire, now,” said Guterres. “I am alarmed by reported plans by Israel to expand ground operations and more.”

Guterres is a noted hater of Israel, but he’s not the only one at the UN:

His comment followed a statement by UN aid chief Tom Fletcher rejecting a US-backed proposal to deliver aid to Gaza without it going to Hamas.

“To those proposing an alternative modality for aid distribution, let’s not waste time. We already have a plan,” he said, adding that the UN has a proven plan and 160,000 pallets of relief ready to enter the Palestinian enclave now.

Not once does Fletcher decry Hamas and the way they are handling the aid sent. And then there are the calls of stopping Israeli genocides:

Fletcher enraged Israel’s mission to the UN this week after he told the body’s security council to act “to prevent a genocide” in Gaza. Israel has angrily rejected the accusation that it is perpetrating a genocide.

I pray that Israel has an iron spine now and keeps this offensive going and I also pray that these Gazans are relocated out of harm’s way as planned so that the terrorists are neutralized once and for all. The peace of Jerusalem will follow that.