Genocide Pause to end: Israel Admits It Violated The Ceasefire And Hamas Did Not

𝙄𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝘼𝙡-𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝, 𝙖 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚

As we witness whatever’s going to happen with the highly jeopardized ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, I’d just like to make sure everyone’s aware that official Israeli sources have been telling the press that Israel was violating the ceasefire prior to the current standoff, and that Hamas was not.

Following the announcement by Hamas that it would be delaying the release of Israeli hostages until numerous Israeli ceasefire violations have been addressed, Israeli news outlet Maariv reported that according to the IDF itself, Hamas has not been guilty of any ceasefire violations up to this point.

Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah flagged on Twitter that according to Maariv, “the defense establishment and the IDF say that so far the terrorist organization has not violated the agreement, and therefore it is very doubtful whether Israel can take steps against Hamas at this stage.”

Contrast this acknowledgement with a report from The New York Times, which cites multiple anonymous sources to state way down toward the bottom of the article that Hamas’s claims about Israeli ceasefire violations are “accurate”.

Paragraphs 14 and 15 of the New York Times write-up read as follows:

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙃𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙨’𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚-𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚. 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙖𝙯𝙖, 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩.

“𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡𝙞 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙨’𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚.”

So it’s been established beyond a doubt that Israel is to blame for the precarious state of the ceasefire today. That’s not coming from me, it’s coming from inside the Israeli government and military.

The ceasefire is deteriorating more rapidly by the day. After some flip-flopping on its position, the Netanyahu government has now clarified that it is demanding the release of “all” hostages held by Hamas by Saturday — a condition which is not part of the ceasefire agreement. This is a brand new condition which was first introduced not by Israel but by the president of the United States the previous day; Donald Trump told the press that Israel should terminate the ceasefire if “all” hostages are not released by Saturday at 12 PM.

Israel making new demands of Hamas which are not in the ceasefire deal as written is a reckless act which could easily lead to the resumption of fighting if Hamas decides it’s been pushed too far or can’t trust Israel to sufficiently hold up its end of the bargain.

And Trump helped bring things to this point. After Netanyahu visited Washington and stayed for nearly a week, the Israeli outlet Haaretz reported that the prime minister was planning to sabotage the ceasefire deal upon his return. Now here we are, watching the ceasefire being actively sabotaged by Netanyahu with a goal assist from Trump.

We can be reasonably certain that the western media will conveniently omit most of these important facts from its reporting in the coming days, so it’s important to hold all this in mind as we watch things unfold.