“U.S. President Joe Biden then touted the deal from Washington, saying the ceasefire will stay in place as long as Israel and Hamas remain at the negotiating table over a long-term truce. Biden said his administration and President-elect Donald Trump’s team were “speaking as one” in the negotiations.”

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    Heard this one before.

    Also, where are all the centrists with their mindless “BoTh SiDeS” now that Trump and Biden have gleefully announced that there is no daylight between them on this issue?

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      Oh, he already is, despite not being in office and having zero powers of negotiating. Something, something… “the strength of winning the election” something.

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    20 hours ago

    FTA:

    “Any agreement must be approved by Netanyahu’s Cabinet.”

    So be prepared for the whole thing to fall apart still. In theory the vote will be Thursday.

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      Couldn’t ben-gvir technically still leave the coalition government and make it fall apart before anything is approved?

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      Yeah, there’s been a couple “ceasefire” it’s just Israel violates them immediately with no repercussions.

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        I’m hopeful as the prime minister of Qatar is making it sound like a done deal, but we’ll see!