Hamas - Israel war - Considerations regarding a ceasefire | Ipse by Context

Ayman Safadi

Inserted 1 day ago

“Tremendous effort has been made to produce an exchange deal that'll release hostages and realize a ceasefire. Hamas has put out an offer. If Netanyahu genuinely wants a deal, he will negotiate the offer in earnest. Instead, he is jeopardizing the deal by bombing Rafah.”

Aje

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan

06 May 2024 5 2

Benjamin Netanyahu

Inserted 2 days ago

“But while Israel has shown willingness, Hamas remains entrenched in its extreme positions, first among them the demand to remove all our forces from the Gaza Strip, end the war, and leave Hamas in power. Israel cannot accept that.”

Reuters

Prime Minister of Israel

05 May 2024 3 1

Mahjoob Zweiri

Inserted 3 days ago

“What we have witnessed in the past few hours is that they talk about an agreement on the first stage. It could be understood that Hamas wants to release itself from the pressure globally, including the United States. So, they are giving concessions on the first stage, which leads to 40 days of ceasefire and exchange of captives. I think 33 old and sick captives. And then moving on to other stages. But we are seeing that we are going back to the main conditions, which means we are still talking about the main principles [complete ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza] that Hamas talked about. As the time of some sort of agreement on the first stage came, the Israeli military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to say actually, there is no agreement: We will go to Rafah regardless of any agreement. It reflects the divisions within the Israelis and crisis within the Israeli politics. On the other hand, Hamas has been more cautious. They do not want to show real progress made but they also do not want to say things have not changed. I think it's obvious some change has happened otherwise we would not expect [CIA chief] William Burns to be in the region.”

Aje

Professor of contemporary Middle East politics at Qatar University

04 May 2024 11 4

Nour Odeh

Inserted 1 week ago

“For a while, there was a lot of cautious optimism up until this morning, and then the prime minister announced he will order an invasion of Rafah with or without a deal - in essence trampling all of these ceasefire talks. This is what the families of the captives had feared. This is what the negotiators feared. Netanyahu's comments came after he held meetings with the most right-wing members of his coalition government, including Itamar Ben-Gvir. It's interesting, every time Blinken comes to the region - catching the tailwind of some optimism - something like this happens, and he ends up going home with nothing to show for all this political momentum.”

Aje

Palestinian political analyst based in Ramallah

30 Apr 2024 6 2

Osama Hamdan

Inserted 1 week ago

“It's clear from the Israeli paper that they are still insisting on two major issues. They don't want a complete ceasefire and they are not talking, in a serious way, about the withdrawal from Gaza. In fact, they are still talking about their presence … which means that they will keep continuing [occupying] Gaza. We have serious questions for the mediators. If there [are] positive answers, I think we can move forward. Stopping the attacks against Palestinians is not generous [Blinken claimed that the Israeli proposal was an 'extraordinarily generous' offer]. The attack itself is a crime, so when you stop a crime, you can't claim that it's a generous action from the Israeli side.”

Aje

Senior Hamas spokesperson

29 Apr 2024 5 1

Ismail Haniyeh

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Despite dozens of sessions and communications exchanged via our mediators, the Zionist enemy until this point has not agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. All they want is the return of captives so they can continue the war on Gaza - and this cannot be. They want Hamas and the resistance to agree to maps referencing the deployment of the Israeli army as if to say we are legitimising the occupation of the Strip. There must be a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.”

Aje

Hamas leader

21 Apr 2024 (approx) 7 2

Joe Biden

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“I think what he's [Benjamin Netanyahu] doing is a mistake. I don't agree with his approach. So what I'm calling for is the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks, a total access to all food and medicine going into the country. I've spoken to everyone from the Saudis to the Jordanians to the Egyptians. They're prepared to move this food in. There's no excuse to not provide for the medical and food needs of those people. It should be done now.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

09 Apr 2024 3 3

Tess Duncan

Inserted 4 weeks ago

“I visited four hospitals in the last five days, and I can tell you that every medical director has told me about the impact of the lack of resources and the lack of staff. They're running at four times capacity. Children are dying due to infections. Children are dying from malnutrition. There's just not enough staff and resources to go around. … That's why we have to rush this aid in, and that's why we need a ceasefire.”

Aje

UNICEF spokesperson

08 Apr 2024 4 2

Jeremy Konyndyk

Inserted 1 month ago

“Without a ceasefire, it will not be possible for aid groups to put together the kind of anti-famine operation that Gaza now requires. You can't do that solely off the backs of trucks. You need the space to operate safely, to run malnutrition treatment centres, to restore the health system, to rebuild water systems and to distribute food at large scale.”

Aje

President of Refugees International

05 Apr 2024 6 3

Gilad Erdan

Inserted 1 month ago

“It is harmful to these efforts because it gives Hamas terrorists hope to get a ceasefire without releasing the hostages. All members of the council … should have voted against this shameless resolution. The resolution says that taking civilians is in violation of international law. Yet on the other hand, despite the fact that you know Hamas won't listen to your calls and release the hostages, you demand a ceasefire. Take a moment and think about this moral contradiction.”

Aje

Israel Ambassador to the United Nations

25 Mar 2024 3 2

Antony Blinken

Inserted 1 month ago

“On the resolution, which got very strong support, but then was cynically vetoed by Russia and China, I think we were trying to show the international community a sense of urgency about getting a ceasefire.”

Aljazeera

U.S. Secretary of State

22 Mar 2024 5 2

Hamdah Salhut

Inserted 2 months ago

“This round of talks has concluded with no substantial answer or solution for [a] ceasefire or pause in the fighting. It is worth mentioning that the Israelis themselves chose not to send their own delegation to Cairo for this round of talks because they were hoping to receive a list of names of all of the captives who are alive and currently being held in Gaza.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from occupied East Jerusalem

07 Mar 2024 3 2

Mohamad Elmasry

Inserted 2 months ago

“Israel and Hamas remain far apart in negotiations for a new deal to reach a truce in Gaza. I think that it's hard to square Israel's endgame. Their objective remains trying to finish off Hamas, which the US has said is impossible. Effectively, what this means is that they want to continue to bomb Gaza and further destroy it, even though they've already destroyed most of it. Hamas, on the other hand, wants a permanent ceasefire. So how do you square those two opposing aims and conditions? That's the problem right now. US is pushing hard for a deal before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. I don't think the Israelis care so much about Ramadan. Last year, Israel was beating Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound with batons. But I think the US understands that they're going to look really bad if Israel is systematically preventing aid and bombing Palestinians during the Muslim holy month, and that's why I think they're ramping up pressure.”

Aje

Associate Professor and Chair in the Media and Cultural Studies and Journalism programs at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

06 Mar 2024 5 2

Melanie Ward

Inserted 2 months ago

“Instead of dropping packages from the sky - some of which end up in the sea or outside of Gaza and which the most vulnerable cannot reach in any case - the US, the UK and others should ensure that Israel immediately opens all crossings into Gaza for aid and aid workers to assist those in need. This includes the Karni and Erez crossings, which give direct access to the north of Gaza. Only safe and unfettered access for aid and aid workers, the lifting of the siege and an immediate ceasefire can end starvation in Gaza.”

Theguardian

Chief executive of Medical Aid for Palestinians

02 Mar 2024 (approx) 8 2

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 months ago

“Ramadan is coming up, and there's been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan, as well, in order to give us time to get all the hostages out.”

Reuters

President of the United States

27 Feb 2024 4 3

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Inserted 3 months ago

“Reckless deal = Government split.”

Aljazeera

Minister of National Security of Israel

30 Jan 2024 1 3

Mohammed Cherkaoui

Inserted 4 months ago

“One challenge is a ceasefire versus a truce. Palestinians are talking about a full-fledged ceasefire. The Israelis are hearing a 'truce,' a pause. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would also have to pull back from its stated mission of eradicating Hamas. On the one hand [Netanyahu] is still negotiating with Hamas indirectly, but at the same time his main dream is to eradicate Hamas. He lives in two separate worlds and he needs to unify them.”

Aljazeera

Professor of conflict resolution at George Mason University

25 Dec 2023 5 1

Ghazi Hamad

Inserted 4 months ago

“Our vision is very clear: We want to stop the aggression. What is going on in the ground is a big catastrophe. Brief pauses in the conflict would not be in the interest of Hamas or Palestinians. Israel will take the card of the hostages and after that they will start a new round of mass killing and massacres against our people. We will not play this game.”

Aljazeera

Hamas official

20 Dec 2023 (approx) 6 1

Hashem Ahelbarra

Inserted 4 months ago

“The problem this time is different interpretations from Israel and Hamas. Hamas insists this time the deal cannot be a prisoner exchange solely - it has to be based on a permanent ceasefire.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist

20 Dec 2023 4 1

António Guterres

Inserted 4 months ago

“I urged the Security Council to press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and I reiterated my appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared. Regrettably, the Security Council failed to do it, but that does not make it less necessary.”

Reuters

Secretary-general of the United Nations

10 Dec 2023 4 2

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Hamas - Israel war - Considerations regarding a ceasefire

“Tremendous effort has been made to produce an exchange deal that'll release hostages and realize a ceasefire. Hamas has put out an offer. If Netanyahu genuinely wants a deal, he will negotiate the offer in earnest. Instead, he is jeopardizing the deal by bombing Rafah.”

“But while Israel has shown willingness, Hamas remains entrenched in its extreme positions, first among them the demand to remove all our forces from the Gaza Strip, end the war, and leave Hamas in power. Israel cannot accept that.”

“On the resolution, which got very strong support, but then was cynically vetoed by Russia and China, I think we were trying to show the international community a sense of urgency about getting a ceasefire.”

“Ramadan is coming up, and there's been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan, as well, in order to give us time to get all the hostages out.”

“Reckless deal = Government split.”

“The problem this time is different interpretations from Israel and Hamas. Hamas insists this time the deal cannot be a prisoner exchange solely - it has to be based on a permanent ceasefire.”

“I urged the Security Council to press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and I reiterated my appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared. Regrettably, the Security Council failed to do it, but that does not make it less necessary.”

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