Mossad: Hamas toughening demands for hostage deal, seeks Ramadan escalation

[Beastly Boy]

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The Mossad spy agency said Saturday that the Hamas terror group prefers an escalation of violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to a hostage deal, adding that Mossad chief David Barnea met CIA Director Bill Burns this weekend as part of efforts by mediators to reach a temporary truce.

In the rare statement, carried by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Mossad said Barnea met on Friday with his American counterpart, “as part of the ceaseless effort to advance another deal for the return of the hostages.” The meeting reportedly took place in Amman, Jordan.

“At this stage, Hamas is fortifying its position as if it is not interested in a deal, and it strives to ignite the region during Ramadan at the expense of the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip,” the Mossad said.

The Mossad added that “the talks and cooperation with the mediators continue all the time in an attempt to narrow the gaps and advance agreements.”

Adding the link: https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-hamas-toughening-demands-for-hostage-deal-seeks-ramadan-escalation/

[keithbvadu2]

1. Hamas also believes it is ok to kill off the lower classes of their own people for the righteous cause.

Hamas also believes it is ok to kill off the lower classes of their own people for the righteous cause.

How much does Hamas care about the lives of ordinary Gazans/Palestinians?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218683807

Hamas commander on why terror group attacks civilians

CBS-""You had to have known that there would have been Israel's response, that Palestinians would suffer as a result."
A- "We are not pleased with that, but this is the path of armed struggle."
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Certainly not the families of Hamas elite.

Hamas leader and family escape through their tunnels.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218686776

[Cha]

2. Exactly.. well said,!!

[ShazzieB]

3. How much does Hamas care about the lives of ordinary Gazans/Palestinians?

Oh, about this much...

[keithbvadu2]

4. Hamas wants to do what Trump's republicans support::: kill more Jews.

Hamas wants to do what Trump's republicans support::: kill more Jews.

[Igel]

5. Way back in 2001 and the year or two following, I wandered through obnoxious web pages.

Viri were less pervasive then.

Among the sites that I strongly, vehemently despised, I ran across a phrase that stuck in my mind.

Ramadan was "the month of jihad."

Back then, "jihad" was (we were told) a form of navel-gazing, introspection. And never, but never, anything more. This changed, but only for WEIRD consumers of media. Yet the idea that "Ramadan is 'the month of jihad' " didn't surface.

It's a hard place. If you're a certain strain of Muslim, that's true. If not, it's not. Yet media has trouble--perhaps because WEIRDs have trouble--drawing the distinction between the two cohorts.

I've had faculty, peers, and students who, upon knowing that (at the time) I (at some point in block time) kept shabbat, treated me like absolute shit. "month-of-jihad" folk. I must be a "dirty Jew." I'm not. Never have been. Now I'm a "fallen" Christian. But most haven't cared.

Being in that situation increases sensitivity a bit. No more accurate, but a bit more aware.

[willamette]

6. I notice that a large part

I notice that a large part of members in Equity minded groups of which I am a member come from different marginalized groups. It seems that being separated from rights is a real eye-opener. I believe the current phrase has something to do with a face-eating-tiger being none too particular about the faces it eats.