Hamas - Israel war | Ipse by Context

Tareq Abu Azzoum

Inserted 1 day ago

“What happened earlier in Gaza City's as-Saraya square is that the military wing of Hamas handed over three female Israeli captives in a scene that felt beyond imagination. The military wing of Hamas - which has been engaging in battles with the Israeli occupation forces across many areas in the strip - appeared today, organising the implementation of the deal and the exchange of the Israeli captives. We saw crowds of Palestinians gathering in the area around the fighters of the military wing of Hamas, chanting for liberation and freedom. So, apparently, despite the significant blows that the military wing of Hamas has endured, they appeared today as an organized force on the ground. This could indicate that in the foreseeable future, they will still exist as a military force despite the Israeli claims that they managed to degrade their military capabilities and eradicate their military governance of the territory.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Khan Younis, Gaza

19 Jan 2025 10 3

Lara Elborno

Inserted 1 day ago

“Israel must be held accountable after committing the first live-streamed genocide assisted with artificial intelligence. This accountability must be pursued, whether it's before international jurisdictions, like the International Criminal Court, or before national courts using the principles of extraterritorial jurisdiction or universal jurisdiction. Accountability should not just be confined to Israeli leaders the architects of the genocide, but also to the soldiers that enforced and executed the genocide, and who found themselves, in many cases, gleefully carrying out the destruction of civilian homes and targeting Palestinian civilians. Countries that were complicit with this genocide, in particular the United States, should also be held accountable. There's no statute of limitations on international crimes of this nature, and so we're going to see this process unfold over a number of years to come.”

Aje

Palestinian-American international lawyer and activist

19 Jan 2025 11 2

Antony Blinken

Inserted 3 days ago

“We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war.”

France24

U.S. Secretary of State

14 Jan 2025 3 1

Antony Blinken

Inserted 6 days ago

“The timing of Hamas's attack was no accident. Israel's growing integration in the region, the prospect of normalisation with Saudi Arabia, posed an existential threat to Hamas's power, its ambitions to dominate the Palestinian political landscape, its raison d'etre - which is the rejection of two states and the destruction of Israel.”

Aje

U.S. Secretary of State

14 Jan 2025 4 3

Ilan Pappe

Inserted 1 week ago

“I share with a lot of people a surprise at the European position. Europe, that claims to be a model of civilisation, ignored the most televised genocide of modern times. What I like about the idea about a Palestinian-European Network is the need to ask a question - how come Europe behaves in an abysmal [way] … [it has] reached such a level of inhumanity, of disregard, of indifference. I wasn't prepared for that. wWhy people fly Ukrainian flags in solidarity with the war-torn European nation across the Danish capital but there are no Palestine flags visible. Let's face it, there's no genocide of Ukrainians, but there is of Palestinians.”

Aje

Israeli historian

11 Jan 2025 8 2

Alon Liel

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“In Israel, people are frustrated that captives remain in Gaza and surprised that, in recent weeks, Israeli military activity there has intensified. Generally speaking, Israelis are quite surprised that the intensity of the military activity is growing. I think the general feeling here was a month or two ago that [the war] will fade away and slow down, but it is not. Netanyahu, meanwhile, still faces the problems of looking like he has no victory in the war, and that any prisoner exchange with Hamas could topple him. Any exchange will involve the release of many prisoners we have in our jails, and might - and probably will - topple his government. So he's trying to manoeuvre and trying to find the point in time in which we will not be seeing the Hamas people and their supporters dancing in Gaza when they get the prisoners back and describing the result as a victory.”

Aje

Former director of Israel’s foreign ministry

06 Jan 2025 7 5

Dan Perry

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Israel's leaders are waiting for Donald Trump to take office because they think they'll have greater leeway … to put more pressure on Gaza to finally get Hamas to relent. I'm not so sure this is going to a happy place soon. While Trump has indicated he wants the war on Gaza to end that doesn't mean a negotiated settlement that halts the bloodshed.”

Aje

Former chairman of the Foreign Press Association of Israel

04 Jan 2025 3 2

Israel Katz

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“If Hamas does not soon allow the release of the Israeli hostages and does not stop firing at Israel, it will receive blows with a force not seen in Gaza for a long time.”

Aje

Israeli Defence Minister

01 Jan 2025 4 2

Alon Pinkas

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“The official position by Israel to justify its attack on Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital is based on intelligence-driven reports that Hamas members were gathered inside the medical facility. So it was encircled. But under siege. And then Israel went in and, according to official reports, apprehended over 250 people. Even if that is the case, that does not justify rendering the hospital inoperational - meaning that it cannot function and it's just one of three or four hospitals that [have] seen the same fate. I happen to think that no matter who is in the hospital, and no matter what is hidden or stashed in that hospital, hospitals should be out of bounds for the military.”

Aje

Columnist for Haaretz - Former ambassador and Consul General of Israel in New York

31 Dec 2024 6 2

Dan Perry

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“At least half of Israelis want a return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza and the beginning of a process on Palestinian independence. A significant proportion of Israeli's believe that Netanyahu calculated on 7 October that the debacle he oversaw was so profound and spectacular that … we can't do the political accounting until the war is over, which incentives a forever war. If [Netanyahu] ends the war and pulls out of Gaza, while leaving Hamas in power… then his government would collapse. And all the polls show he would lose the [next] election.”

Aje

Former chairman of the Foreign Press Association of Israel

30 Dec 2024 8 4

Francesca Albanese

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Like other accolades that I have received lately, speak not so much to my actions over the past 14 months - the normal opposition of a sentient human to a genocide - but rather to the silence of the many, particularly in the West, who should have spoken and acted against Israeli crimes and have chosen not to. I wonder how they [those who had not spoken out] manage to sleep at night.”

Aje

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories

26 Dec 2024 4 1

Benjamin Netanyahu

Inserted 1 month ago

“Hamas is more isolated than ever after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. It expected help from Hezbollah - we took that away. It expected help from Iran - we took that as well. It expected help from the Assad regime - okay, that won't happen anymore. The isolation of Hamas opens another opening to making progress on a deal that will bring our hostages back.”

Timesofisrael

Prime Minister of Israel

09 Dec 2024 6 3

Khalil Sayegh

Inserted 1 month ago

“The ceasefire [Israel-Hezbollah] could make Hamas even less popular in Gaza, by proving the failure of its gambit that its attack on Israel would rally other militant groups to the fight. It's a moment where we can see the Hamas messaging become weaker and weaker, as they struggle to justify their strategy to the public.”

France24

Palestinian analyst

27 Nov 2024 4 3

Ehud Barak

Inserted 2 months ago

“The overall problem is that Netanyahu doesn't have a real strategy and hasn't been able to translate Israel's recent military successes into sustainable political gains. That has been the major failure of Netanyahu's government. Defeating Hamas cannot be defined as killing another 20,000 innocent people in Gaza - not even killing another 2,000 Hamas terrorists. There has to be a viable plan to bring back the hostages and for someone else to be given political power over Gaza. This someone else should be an entity recognized as legitimate by international law, by the international community, by Arab neighbors and by the Palestinians. The only entity that fulfills all these demands - if backed diplomatically by the U.S. and physically by Egyptian-Emirati forces - happens to be the Palestinian Authority, which is short of perfection and has a lot of weaknesses, but is much better than Hamas. The problem is Netanyahu's coalition is made up of extreme right wingers, including some messianic, racist Jewish supremacy guys. I compare them to the Proud Boys in America. But the leaders of the Proud Boys are in prison now, at least temporarily. In Israel, they're in the government.”

Politico

Former Prime Minister of Israel

20 Nov 2024 7 3

Alon-Lee Green

Inserted 2 months ago

“Israeli army is implementing ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza with the aim of building illegal Israeli settlements. In other words, colonisation. Yes, our army is forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from northern Gaza to flee south by starving them, bombing them, killing dozens daily, leaving no choice. Then, they claim people chose to leave, but the reality is they're forced out to make way for new Israeli settlements. Israeli government has started talking about expanding military bases and creating permanent structures in Gaza to fulfil the war's goal of building Jewish settlements there. Will this bring back the hostages? Will this bring us security? The answer is no. It'll only create more bloodshed and endless war.”

Aje

Co-director of Standing Together

12 Nov 2024 9 4

Ahmed Aboul Gheit

Inserted 2 months ago

“Words cannot express the plight of the Palestinian people. The actions taken by Israel against the Palestinian people are undermining efforts to achieve lasting peace. It is only with justice that we will be able to establish lasting peace. The world cannot turn a blind eye on the Israeli violence.”

Aljazeera

Secretary-General of the Arab League

11 Nov 2024 4 2

Herzi Halevi

Inserted 2 months ago

“We are sending Hamas a very clear message: the IDF does not tire. The more we fight, the stronger we become, gaining more experience, capabilities, professionalism, values, and determination. We are progressing with great intensity. The fact that you [troops in northern Gaza's Jabalia] are concluding three weeks here with approximately 1,000 terrorists killed and 1,000 terrorists captured is a significant achievement that deals Hamas a severe blow. We are providing the residents near the northern Gaza border with greater security and creating conditions for this security to endure, to not to be fleeting. Reaching an agreement is complex, but with the strength you are displaying here and the powerful way in which the IDF is fighting on seven fronts, in seven arenas, Israel is telling the entire Middle East - there is immense strength here, and incredible capability. From this position of power, we are supporting our civilians and soldiers who are held hostage and are prepared to fight with tremendous determination, as well as pay a price to bring them home. We are not stopping or slowing down; this is to bring back the hostages, to ensure security for the surrounding communities.”

Timesofisrael

Israeli armed forces chief

08 Nov 2024 8 2

Osama Hamdan

Inserted 2 months ago

“A meeting was held with the brothers in the Fatah movement at a generous Egyptian invitation. They discussed various national issues, especially the war on Gaza and pathways for national action.”

Timesofisrael

Senior Hamas spokesperson

04 Nov 2024 3 2

Gideon Levy

Inserted 2 months ago

“No one in the government has any intention for withdrawal from Gaza. Without withdrawal, there is no ceasefire, no agreement and no hostages release. Nobody in the government will let the army totally withdraw from Gaza, and this means war forever. Israeli soldiers are being killed in Gaza, and, despite this, almost nobody is speaking about withdrawal. But with Hezbollah, things are clearer because if the group agrees to withdraw beyond the Litani River, they understand - at least in the army - that continuing to fight will lead to nowhere because Hezbollah is too strong still. You cannot go and crush Hezbollah. I think the real question is why don't you adopt the same policy in Gaza because it makes sense now. Let's go out.”

Aje

Israeli journalist and author

30 Oct 2024 7 5

Sami Abu Zuhri

Inserted 2 months ago

“The movement has confirmed it is open to any deal or ideas that ends the suffering of our people in Gaza and achieve a permanent ceasefire, and the occupation's withdrawal from all of Gaza Strip.”

Timesofisrael

Hamas official

29 Oct 2024 4 2

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“We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war.”

“If Hamas does not soon allow the release of the Israeli hostages and does not stop firing at Israel, it will receive blows with a force not seen in Gaza for a long time.”

“A meeting was held with the brothers in the Fatah movement at a generous Egyptian invitation. They discussed various national issues, especially the war on Gaza and pathways for national action.”

“The movement has confirmed it is open to any deal or ideas that ends the suffering of our people in Gaza and achieve a permanent ceasefire, and the occupation's withdrawal from all of Gaza Strip.”

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