BREAKING NEWS: Sec. Antony Blinken Says Israel Has Accepted Gaza Ceasefire & Hostage Release Deal

On Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken led a press conference about the ongoing Gaza ceasefire negotiations.
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[@sailbroker6244]

If you want to know who trying to rule over you, find out who you can't criticize..

[@Harry-Storm]

oh that old bit of antisemitic nonsense.

[@MiMiiViVi]

@@Harry-Storm more like anti-Israel.

[@yokyok-w5f]

​@@Harry-Storm Alles was Ihnen nicht gefällt, ist noch lange nicht ,antisemitisch' - der Trick hat ausgedient.

[@CJ-yk4sn]

​@@Harry-Stormconsidering ive been shadow banned 3 times trying to comment on this id say yeah its not nonsense.

[@johndoe-zz1nr]

Isreal eliminates 2 enemy leaders and then asks I ran and Hiz not to escalate the situation. What kind of logic is this?

[@AzeezKadri-jk2pl]

Mm

[@russnrach8]

It’s the logic of Imperialism

[@AlexanderEalley]

Because unless they want to keep losing their leadership they should probably stop attacking Israel.

[@Hesham_MK]

It’s always Khamas even though we know who the obstacle is.

[@keknight7470]

Whatever this guy Blinky has done is an utter failure, talk about a guy getting his salary and accumulating airline miles for nothing😇

[@GarySmithartist]

But I suspect he has been very successful in accomplishing what he and his bosses really want.

[@ILTOMBA]

Who on earth would agree with a temporary ceasefire, restricted movement, and continuous IDF military presence in Gaza???? What kind of a deal is that?

[@yokyok-w5f]

Von Blinken, Netanjahu und AIPAC war nichts anderes zu erwarten .

[@livelife6806]

They trying to BS and buy time

[@elissitdesign]

This guy couldn’t negotiate himself out of a paper bag. He doesn’t understand Middle East culture at all.

[@user-fm7ec1vd2g]

He understands it because he is biologically one of them. They learnt so much from the Nazis. He is not fit to negotiate anything.

[@AdamDorfman82]

the reporter keeps talking about Israel adding demands, Israel demands have always been the same - Hamas keeps changing

[@user-fm7ec1vd2g]

I would reply but freedom of speech does not exist.😂

[@yokyok-w5f]

​@AdamDorfman82 Das ist eine Lüge, weil es genau anders herum ist.

[@canitbethat]

If a negotiation fails, neither side was willing to accept the best offer from the other. Otherwise, there would be a deal. Blaming one side or the other is just propaganda.

[@RashidNizam-b7y]

What a magical wording to side and hide IDF terririum

[@GarySmithartist]

Very unconvincing eh!

[@azzeygjiyfdryukmjhuii]

Defend Israel but not palestinains what kind of mediation is that

[@Joiously]

are you really oblivious to the fact that hamas is an Iran backed terrorists group. no one should support hamas, EVER unless of course they are a terrorist... this war would have been over in November 2023 at the last cease fire... BUT NO hamas broke that cease fire by bombing Israel... PS this is defending the people in gaza that hamas put in this situation... hamas does not care about the people in gaza or they would not have violated the last cease fire... now let's see what happens if there is a new cease fire because there is a 90+ probability that hamas will violate that one as well

[@user-kb1rl5qy1k]

The Muslims spent years and hundreds of millions of Dollars preparing for this war so stop pretending they are innocent.

[@juliushaimbodi5850]

How defend Palestine if Palestine is the one brought all this conflict

[@geddesgibbons]

That's all you hear ,defend Isreal, what about the Palestinians who will defend them

[@geddesgibbons]

​@juliushaimbodi5850 Isreal is the problem from the beginning always stealing the people land and controlling the lives of the Palestinians. Check the real cause of the problem.

[@ujetkookito388]

you have no guts to tell isreal to stop killing people and tell othe countries not to.

[@macersracers7459]

This new “ceasefire” “deal” has literally nothing in it for Gaza except a short pause (which probably wouldn’t even be respected)

[@LD-im7zn]

"I’ve been making the argument that the ongoing negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire are a diversionary US-Israeli charade and shouldn’t be taken particularly seriously. Initially, their primary purpose was to serve as a fig leaf for Israel to continue with its genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip. In other words, their purpose is process, and their objective has therefore been to avoid reaching a ceasefire agreement rather than concluding one." Mouin Rabbani

[@PokeJoe13]

Too little too late blinken

[@adee1626]

Perfect timing wouldn’t want to ruin the convention.

[@AngelTora]

Not a hope of a plea deal who you kidding pal publicity stunt for sure

[@letsgetreal-df7pu]

Exactly!

[@mimiwatching]

Hamas already said no!

[@relaxingsounds6168]

1. The US presents an Israeli ceasefire initiative as its own and rams it through the UN Security Council. 2. Contrary to US-Israeli expectations Hamas accepts the initiative. 3. Israel responds by rejecting adding new conditions to its own initiative, designed to be rejected by Hamas. 4. Under the guise of presenting a “bridging proposal” that would address the implementation of the original initiative, the US rewrites the initiative to incorporate Israeli conditions presented after the UNSC endorsed and Hamas accepted the initiative. 5. Hamas predictably rejects the new US document on the grounds that is a different initiative rather than a plan to implement the initiative it accepted. 6. Amid much fanfare and lavish praise showered by Antony Blinken, Netanyahu accepts the revised initiative, and both insist the ball is now in Hamas’s court. 7. Keeping his options open just in case Hamas reverses course and accepts the new initiative, Blinken pledges to produce a new “bridging proposal” if Hamas endorses the initiative.The ceasefire negotiations are nothing but an Oslo for genocide, repurposed for a regional conflict.

[@mj-ek6mt]

A criminal .'Blinken' negotiates with a complicit 'Netin'... yes for sure, i didn't mistake with whom is the criminal and the complicit....

[@relaxingsounds6168]

1. The US presents an Israeli ceasefire initiative as its own and rams it through the UN Security Council. 2. Contrary to US-Israeli expectations Hamas accepts the initiative. 3. Israel responds by rejecting adding new conditions to its own initiative, designed to be rejected by Hamas. 4. Under the guise of presenting a “bridging proposal” that would address the implementation of the original initiative, the US rewrites the initiative to incorporate Israeli conditions presented after the UNSC endorsed and Hamas accepted the initiative. 5. Hamas predictably rejects the new US document on the grounds that is a different initiative rather than a plan to implement the initiative it accepted. 6. Amid much fanfare and lavish praise showered by Antony Blinken, Netanyahu accepts the revised initiative, and both insist the ball is now in Hamas’s court. 7. Keeping his options open just in case Hamas reverses course and accepts the new initiative, Blinken pledges to produce a new “bridging proposal” if Hamas endorses the initiative. The ceasefire negotiations are nothing but an Oslo for genocide, repurposed for a regional conflict.

[@edgyone6630]

Antony Stinken😂

[@GeopoliticalInsights-i5o]

Blinken is finally back home in Israel ❤

[@lisettegarcia]

You can keep him, we don't want him

[@shreder75]

​@@lisettegarcia 💯

[@CindyHall-xv4su]

Palestine immigrated in 1200BC. Immigration wasn’t addressed then. So Israel lost there sole claim thru Abraham. UN started the conflict. Until both are accepted, United, share the country with no borders the wars and conflict will continue. To accept Israel and deny Palestine a state, it’s war. The surrounding Middle East knows the history. Knows Palestine, knows Abraham’s covenant, both have a shared claim.

[@runits]

Please let him stay, he can be officially a mouthpiece.

[@MSRgoogle]

@@Shaks-fd5lq Hes an Israeli spokeman. Hes a zionism. There is no objectivity with this man.

[@mostaphasaid7250]

This man is a killer.

[@siphofunnykhosa9871]

You don't need to be Muslim to feel for Palestinian people you just need a heart 💓💓

[@davidcheung6404]

lol if I was Palestinian or Hamas I wouldn’t take the deal

[@AlexanderEalley]

And you would probably die in Gaza

[@davidcheung6404]

@@AlexanderEalley I probably would I'm not Jewish nor a Zionist and it's an active genocide

[@MSRgoogle]

@@AlexanderEalley When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

[@AlexanderEalley]

@@MSRgoogle resistance and law are based on perspective my friend. They want Sharia law in “Palestine”….how does that affect non-Muslims opinions? You can’t have your cake and it it too. Muslims want non-Muslims to pay a tax for being non-Muslim and they want non-Muslims as second-class citizens. Don’t believe me? What happened to the Armenian Christians in that area? Slaughtered by Muslims. Islam claims to be the religion of peace but brings a sword.

[@sadam1318]

Also Palestine people they have a right to defend themselves okay? Don’t tell us nothing.

[@robindavid9640]

There is no "Palestine." The British occupied the territories you call Palestine, that was previously owned by the Ottoman Empire. The earliest name for this land was Cannan or Eretz Israel to divide the two kingdoms after the death of King Soloman.

[@free-thinker9821]

​@@robindavid9640 so what If the land wasn't called Palestine? The people who call themselves Palestinians were the people living there for centuries before the Israelis arrived from Europe

[@robindavid9640]

@@free-thinker9821 Wrong on 2 counts. The Israelites are Hebrew people. Israel is a place, a nation. The first Hebrew was Abraham who came from Ur Kasdim in southern Mesopotamia, about 200 miles southeast of Bagdad. 2nd fact: The region that is now known as Palestine has had many names throughout history, including Canaan, Judah, Israel and Syria. How could a people call themselves Palestinians for 1000's of years when there was no land called Palestine. On 22 July 1922 the Palestine mandate at a private meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at St. James Palace in London, the British recognition of the position they held de facto in the region of Palestine and named it Transjordan. Then back to Palestine. I can see how one can be confused. I will say, no blood should be shed on either side. Peace will only come when Yeshua returns. War will escalate. The elites want us to hate each other. Don't. Peace and grace to you.❤💞🙏

[@AlexanderEalley]

They have the right to try….😢

[@ChicagoChicago27]

Palestinians having the right to defend themselves is not a reality -whether people agree they do or don’t- If they are dying, starving and homeless… they need to surrender. Hamas needs to surrender for the sake of the Palestinians people

[@asiamayne]

Why do I feel like he is lying or is anxious about being lied to? Or that he is improvising?

[@BONNIEJOYOSBORN]

His ninth trip . Maybe he should have stayed in Middle East Western Asia until a deal was made . Does he want sympathy , because every human on Earth wanted him to work harder ..

[@Joiously]

this war would have been over in November 2023 when there was a cease fire... but NO hamas violated that cease fire... you must mean every human on Earth wants the war to be over besides the hamas terrorists... by the way I wouldn't hold my breath if hamas agrees to this cease fire because they will probably only agree to it to get another couple hundred of their terrorists buddies out of jail in Israel to help them keep fighting.

[@maryamseyedin-noor8021]

He is Zionist so what you expect?

[@Rayghaana]

Blinken go home ...

[@Rob1nson]

This man is becoming part of the problem. No way he should be involved in negotiations.

[@antoniomanuelcaetano6770]

Língua de serpente

[@ujetkookito388]

US cannot get a ceasefire with your behaviour.

[@markdimeo7060]

It's funny how they constantly fail to give details and terms of the proposal.

[@yokyok-w5f]

Weil dann die ganze Welt wüsste, weshalb die Palästinenser die gemachten Vorschläge nicht annehmen können

[@shreder75]

Just in time for the convention

[@diadora9292]

Timing is everything 😂

[@shreder75]

@@diadora9292 truth

[@macersracers7459]

No one in their right mind would agree to this new BS “deal”

[@user-gf3ic5oe9j]

I believe it when i see it and when you(a jew?)stop pressuring Israel to give up! You sir have a forked tongue!!!

[@Joiously]

there is no reason for Israel to "give up" there is not anyone giving up in a joint decision to call a cease fire....

[@GenocideJoe-xv8oz]

America how can you be neutral when you want to defend one with military means

[@naymatunc-rc6vs]

What about the palestinian hostigas

[@lennyshalmer7309]

THERE ARE NO PALESTINIAN HOSTAGES !

[@shahinamukadam2233]

a colonial order for all minions to obey 😅 but sadly no one is listening 😂

[@neverstop2493]

I won’t believe this until Smotrich and Ben Gvir say it

[@ltshakir2602]

You don't kill the other side's Chief negotiator and then say we're not guilty and we want peace that's an oxymoron

[@ujetkookito388]

why should Hamas say yes.

[@tammyb9297]

How many children are affected by polio? Shall they wait until all children are affected them children are the next generation.

[@tammyb9297]

Poliovirus gets into your body through your mouth or nose. It makes more copies of itself (reproduces) in your throat and gut (intestines). In some cases, it gets into your brain and spinal cord and causes paralysis. Paralysis can affect your arms, legs or the muscles that control your breathing.

[@ujetkookito388]

maybe netanyahu started this polio.

[@ujetkookito388]

media also is bribed

[@pfrstreetgang7511]

This dude has managed SOMEHOW to pull off the same crap as K and hover (more accurate to say stumbled around in) a top govt position for years with a record of zero positive of affecting anything. He still wanders around with the same confused (bewildered) expression on his face as he did in the photo from the night he was watching the live satellite link in the situation room watching Team 6 bag Osama. God help anyone in the M E affected by his bumbling.

[@980ssbbearcat2]

Blinken said the next step is to equip Israel with more advanced weapons in case both sides breaches the ceasefire agreement.

[@AlexDrastico380]

"Netanyahu to continue Israeli attacks in Gaza even if ceasefire is agreed" - ABC News Australia

[@IssackMaalim-yf9ry]

His not mediator his hypocrite to the Palestinian

[@user-kb1rl5qy1k]

The Muslims spent years and hundreds of millions of Dollars preparing for this war so stop pretending they are innocent.

[@lisettegarcia]

😂😂😂😂 easy to agree to insanity when you know your opponent will never show up

[@libaaxyadabanadir2570]

Blinken if he's telling the truth why are you shaking

[@mpatm2607]

Publicize the deal and let the public determine if it’s a good deal for both sides. Blinken is a liar and is a mole .

[@ushnishasitatapatra]

How does this guy live with himself? Doing mental gymnastics and lying to himself and us…. Really?

[@ianr54]

The question is ,will the ceasefire be permanent and will Israel honour it ?

[@sheikhsirajulhaq9897]

BILINKEN black listed Isreal is a country which have no own land in isreal all land is occupied land of palistine 🇯🇴🌹 Isrealies came in palistine after belford Accord in 1917 in tattered old clothes if you emplement in previous decskeds 40 thousands civilians mostly womens and childrens no killed by zoinests militants and further request rape and gang rape is not allowed In Islam

[@Joiously]

The land was given to Jacob, Isaac's son, son of Abraham. Jacob's name was changed to Israel. King David was born in Bethlehem in 1040 b.c.e. and died in Jerusalem in 970 b.c.e. from 970 b.c.e. Jews lived in Israel and continued to live in Israel even under the Roman occupation that started in 63 b.c.e. until the Romans destroyed the Jewish Temple in 70 c.e. After the roman empire ended and the ottoman empire (muslim occupation of Israel) ended in 1922 c.e. The land of Israel was given back to the Jews in 1948.

[@runits]

​@@Joiouslyand superman took over the world in Superman is evil comic. Does the world now belong to superman? A book said it.

[@MiMiiViVi]

@@Joiously Palestinians are descendants of the Canaanites, Philistines and other tribes of the region ,,,long before the migrant Abraham from Babylonia and going back 8,000 years from the archeological digs and DNA results. The Hebrew story of the migrant Abraham has not been proven but is recognized as a profound figure by Muslims, Christians and Jews. Abrahams first child was Ishmeal and therefore from tradition be his inheritor. That Jewish think God gave him only occupied land and his second son Issac inheritance instead, is their heresy. However, since most of the Jewish population migrated out after wars, the original people stayed, continued their farming life. and have since been the inhabitants for the next 2000 years. During that time included other regional migrants such as those from Egypt or inland. Palestine was under Egypt and then the Ottomans for over 400 years until WW1 as a prosperous, active culture of farming, shepherding, crafts, trade and fishing. They had a large port that serviced and employed people from all over the Levant creating a cosmopolitan atmosphere. The Jewish sect had a small settlement and were included and respected.

[@Joiously]

@@runits the book that I am referring to has thousands of years of eye witness testimonies to verify the truth contained in it. Not only Jewish witness, but witness of all of the surrounding people groups. Imagine that the dead sea scrolls written by the Essenes were found in 1946... nearly 2000 years after they were hidden in the caves. Oh wait, you don't have to imagine it because it is a fact.

[@Joiously]

@@MiMiiViVi Not true. the area referred to as Palestine got the name during the Roman Empire... you must believe everything you hear LOL

[@lorenamjaj]

If they take the weapons away from all of them, they will not be killing each other.

[@welcometobooksplugged8538]

Biden hasn't put forth a proposal then or now. Who's giving Blinken his orders?

[@saeedabdelqader9093]

Always every thing is blamed on Hamas . Al sinwar is not going to agree to non sense agreement , I am sure he has something in mind

[@achbib1986]

Blinken the spokesman for Israel 😂😂😂

[@ia3business148]

What about international court of justice verdict on Netanyahu,

[@yokyok-w5f]

Darauf zu warten kostet weitere Menschenleben. Eine andere Methode zur Neutralisierung dieser Person muss her. Dringendst.

[@billisenberger7112]

Is Blinken the American Secretary of State or the official spokesperson for Netanyahu?

[@lazarusmwansa4525]

Puppet super power

[@FreePlstine-1]

Blinken's mama says yes all the time.

[@ujetkookito388]

there was so many UN resolutions which nobody has did . You have to implement that UN resolutions 45 years ago.

[@williamsteedman3717]

DNC is having every former Democratic President speak as well as the last President candidate speak. RNC had no former Republican president, VP or candidate speak. RNC has no past. The current party began Eight years ago. No George W. Bush, No Dick Chaney, No Mitt Romney, No Mike Pence spoke for Trump. Why?

[@siphofunnykhosa9871]

He need to understand Palestinian people first of all i don't think they will take that offer because it is only one way deal

[@alyel-kabbany1110]

Blinken has no shame !! The whole world can see that Netanyahu is the one who is trying hard to escalate the tension and does all what he can to ignite a regional war. Israel is humiliating him every time he declares that Israel accepts the ceasefire deal !!

[@RashidNizam-b7y]

Casefir pushing because of Iran ready

[@BegumAnafar]

Netenyahu openly declaring and is angry against the negotiators and against the ceasefire terms.......🙄

[@robertsmith6739]

Our tax money

[@ltshakir2602]

Oh when it's convenient you bring up the UN but you haven't brought up the icj calling for netanyahu's arrest as a war criminal.

[@evanbenjamin4578]

Mr Blinken Sir , Please Reassure the American Citizens their Tax dollars were not being used to Pay off These Terrorists . Can you at least Tell us that?

[@mpatm2607]

Blinken is trying to finish what his dead father started. It has nothing to do with a ceasefire, peace or a two state solution...

[@alirazabhagat4959]

Fear of Iranian Attack

[@MeemKhaMeemDhal--khaYaRaWawNun]

NOT fear of Iran...............BUT fear of people all over the world starting to take pity on Muslims.........this can potentially make Islam the fastest growing religion in the world...again and again and again !

[@EEKman71]

Im sorry what agreement? Im gonna need to see the fine print.

[@sevdaiahmeti8777]

Manipulation

[@farhatara4551]

Forget,hama do not agree for cease fire 😅

[@GarySmithartist]

How could Hamas sign an agreement if your team keeps murdering the Hamas person who is to sign any deal?

[@lennyshalmer7309]

don't worry about an empty lucrative position !

[@user-ue1yu1kp5j]

Telling a “jew “ secretary to be a mediator

[@letsgetreal-df7pu]

Complicit Liar!

[@srlbackup7491]

How Does Blinken manage to keep a Straight Face?

[@mauretteeric2806]

Bliken, an AIPAC's salesman

[@aanmerie]

Forbes is on it!

[@marielubanda-lt8bt]

Israel don't expect premature ceasefire Will be mistake

[@brianmacdowall923]

They have no plan its so obvious

[@jerryj3158]

EEYORE - "Woe is me" This is such a defeated look - Harris better replace him - he has used up all his credibility.

[@bilkisbegum2196]

No ceasefire deal , we will win this

[@user-ji8dz8mx3w]

If blinken is being truthful in saying netanyahu has agreed to ceasefire he should get netanyahu himself to make make the declaration

[@ujetkookito388]

will one sided ceasefire work

[@ujetkookito388]

you people have no moral obligation towards anyone. Only your own good.

[@jaycru6175]

I really dislike this man. He should be fired asap

[@GarySmithartist]

How long is the cease fire? Anything non permanent is horrible.

[@yokyok-w5f]

Netanjahu lehnt ,dauerhaft' ab und deshalb kann die Hamas das nicht akzeptieren.

[@user-ym2mp1ib2p]

Joe plus Antony ! Shame on both of you ! Oh america ! people knows your past history very well ! What you did to Iraq, Libya and Syria !

[@scottphillips393]

USA needs to get this done now because Harris will lose the election in Nov.

[@bilkisbegum2196]

What peace in Middle East , there never been or will

[@kalli440]

Blinken is fool of himself. What makes you think you can get a deal in 9 times in the region. He has no gravitas. What are his credentials to be SoS? Compare him with other SoSes.

[@feyselmohammed9244]

Leave all Palestinian land!! Looting and aggression is not good for America.still not fit for mediation but reversing aggressions and creat peacefully and free israel and Palestinian states

[@AlexanderEalley]

They left Palestinian land of Gaza in 2005……even dug up their Jewish dead buried in Gaza and relocated them so that there were no Israelis in Gaza. Gaza did this to themselves. They could have spent those millions on building up Gaza and the human capital there, but instead they spent it on tunnels and weapons. Gaza did this to themselves.

[@formerlyfromthefuton8171]

Blinken is a major supporter of The Homosexual Lifestyle Choice.

[@980ssbbearcat2]

What happened in Gaza can be compared to the Killing Fields in Cambodia from 1976-1978 carried out by the Khmer Rouge government Pol Pot regime.

[@A.H.S-e8l]

I dont intend to ruin plans. God speed.

[@kala30124]

To defend Israel.

[@superoldgamesaturday3277]

No, they haven't.

[@mustafaberent7785]

Please bring this world peace. We don’t wanna live in the fear of a world wide war. We want to focus on our daily lives and enjoy such a short journey. World suffered enough from the wars. Until the last breathe of my life I will be advocate of peace. Not A or B. We have a beautiful 3rd option.

[@GarySmithartist]

The USA is totally not able to support Israel in any total way.

[@yokyok-w5f]

Alle Juden nach Montana. Platz genug und in den USA ist man Judenlügen gewohnt.

[@crescentviewhs]

Yielding to Iran pressure. Congratulations