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Hamas rejects Israel’s offer of two-month pause in Gaza fighting — Egyptian official
(www.timesofisrael.com)
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Did this proposal include anything to do with reigning in military and off-duty cop-backed settler violence in West Bank and Gaza? The cases of violence of which only 6% of police probes ended in any sort of prosecution
How the last ceasefires went, settlers continued to raid and stole land, food, shelter and belongings, escorted by Israeli military for "security", and any attempt at resistance Israel could point the finger at "Hamas breaking the ceasefire". Or they were just shot dead.
Given that Hamas does not operate in the West Bank I'm dubious that what you are describing in a West Bank hypothetical would occur. Illegal settlements in the West Bank are awful and should be stopped by Israel - but they are not directly tied to the current conflict with Hamas.
Right, but I'm saying a peace deal in Gaza should include Israel's activities in West Bank, because they are needless casualties of Israel's continued aggression in and around Jenin since July, and only escalated further in retaliation of the October massacre. They aren't disconnected, even if Hamas doesn't operate there.
Israel should stop settlements in the West Bank because its the right thing to do. However if I were a Palestinian in Gaza and a peace deal was derailed because Hamas was refusing to agree without West Bank settlement concessions I'd be pretty pissed.
That being said given that Hamas broke the last ceasefire agreement, and their stated goal is to conduct other attacks like Oct 7th, I'm not sure how a ceasefire could be reached even on narrow grounds.
That's like trying to pass a law in North Dakota and asking if the same law will also apply to South Dakota.
Just a point of clarification, Hamas does operate in the West Bank, but they don't control or manage it.