Tentative agrrement reached for release of 50 hostages.

[LexVegas]

Pending approval by Israel.

There wouldn't be any release of hostages if not for the IDF operation in Gaza. The Hamas barbarians have been decimated and are desperate for reprieve. President Biden was right in rejecting talk of a cease fire.

[yardwork]

1. President Biden is showing good leadership, I think.

[patphil]

2. Ok folks, this is what's called diplomacy.

Sometimes it isn't pretty, sometimes it gives the impression of weakness, but for it to work, the person orchestrating the diplomatic effort must walk the line between both sides.
It still isn't done, but it looks like it's going to happen. It's a start.
Be patient with President Biden, and let him do what he can to help end this horrible mess.

[yardwork]

3. For some reason this good news just doesn't get as much attention...

[FalloutShelter]

4. Next up... How is this bad news for Biden?

[yardwork]

5. What about...but but but...

[getagrip_already]

8. It will be spun as....

The us caving to the left pressuring biden to call a cease fire "at any cost". It will be spun as a victory for hamas and a weak failure for the west.

Wait for it.

[yardwork]

11. But first, we have to hear how it's not good enough.

Lots of sniffing and tut tutting about his it's too meager and all wrong and not good enough from people who've never managed a staff of three, much less been president.

And then, yes, the right will add their squawking to the cacophony of low-information high-emotion complaining and Trump will be elected and a whole lot of people will wail and cry and hold their heads in despair.

Sometimes I really despise other people.

[yardwork]

6. I'm going to keep kicking this good news.

[Voltaire2]

7. the hostages were always intended for prisoner exchange.

That was the point: take a lot of Israeli hostages, exchange them for palestinians held by Israel.

[yardwork]

9. I have no idea what Hamas intended.

[Voltaire2]

13. There is a long history.

This did not start 10-7.

[yardwork]

14. I'm aware of that. Still have no idea what Hamas intended.

[Voltaire2]

15. They announced it.

This isn’t difficult. I don’t understand the confusion. Israel is holding thousands of Palestinian prisoners. Hamas has routinely exchanged their prisoners for Israel’s.

Hamas Oct 28: “Al-Ansari indicated that successive hostage releases might require Israel to release prisoners of its own.

“We are talking around the idea of more hostages coming out, we’re talking about the idea of a prisoner exchange,” al-Ansari said.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/qatar-warns-israeli-ground-offensive-in-gaza-complicates-hostage-talks-considerably/

[yardwork]

17. I don't believe a word Hamas says.

[Voltaire2]

18. Ok. And yet here we have an exchange of prisoners.

Again I don’t understand your confusion. Why are you opposed to accepting that a major reason for taking Israeli prisoners is to exchange them for Palestinian prisoners?

[yardwork]

19. I'm not opposed to or concurring with acceptance of anything.

I've stated over and over that I don't know.

[Autumn]

16. In that area history always repeats itself over and over. May that's the only bargaining chip that works.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. A tentative deal has been reached for the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Link to tweet

[yardwork]

12. Kick

[RubyRose]

20. Only 50 hostages?

I thought there were far more than that.

I hope they all are released.

[yardwork]

21. I hope so, too. I fear that many are dead, though.

Some of them were grievously wounded when Hamas took them hostage. A family in my area has a son missing. They know his arm was blown off, based on eyewitness accounts of those who saw him being taken away. They have been waiting for word.

I can't imagine the hell they're living through.

[yardwork]

22. Kick