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annexrichmond | 4 months ago

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throwawaysleep|4 months ago

And that historic peace deal in decades would be?

The last ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was in 2021.

moogly|4 months ago

It was in January this year and was broken by Israel in March.

pjc50|4 months ago

I'm sure the next one will be in 2027.

annexrichmond|4 months ago

This includes full Israeli withdrawal to a buffer zone, Rafah crossing reopening, and Hamas giving up weapons and control of Gaza, with US/Arab-funded rebuilding.

If you don't understand the difference between now, and those events, then I can't help you.

JumpCrisscross|4 months ago

> was aided by his "toughness", such as, you know, striking Iran

Striking Iran didn't end hostilities in Gaza, Trump leaning on Egypt, Turkey and Qatar did [1]. (The Iran strikes might have worked because Hegseth was sidelined [2].)

Hegseth is a wuss who couldn't cut it in the military. He's in place because he's loyal, probably compromised, and plays masculinity well on TV.

[1] https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/a-coordinated-squeeze-...

[2] https://newrepublic.com/post/197005/trump-iran-plans-hegseth...

annexrichmond|4 months ago

I didn't say it directly ended, I said it was aided by.

> "I think it really started when we took out the nuclear capability of Iran," Trump said, referring to the June strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. "When you look at what they had, you couldn't have made this deal with someone sitting over there with a nuclear weapon over your head." [1]

[1] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-credits-iran-nuclear-...

platevoltage|4 months ago

The last ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was in January of this year, before he took office, but yes, he's a special boy for actually doing his job.