Al Jazeera—June 29, 2024
Hamas says there’s been no progress in ceasefire talks with Israel over the war on Gaza as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv demanding the government save the captives and get a deal done.
Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official based in Lebanon, said on Saturday the Palestinian group is still ready to discuss any truce proposal that ends the nearly nine-month conflict.
“Once again, Hamas is ready to deal positively with any proposal that secures a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and a serious swap deal,” Hamdan told a news conference in Beirut.
Arab mediators’ efforts, backed by the United States, have so far failed to conclude a ceasefire with both sides blaming each other for the impasse. Hamas says any deal must end the war for good and bring full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Israel says it will accept only temporary pauses in fighting until Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, is “eradicated”.
Hamdan also blamed the United States for applying pressure on Hamas to accept Israel’s conditions.
Antigovernment protest organisers in Tel Aviv estimated 130,000 Israelis converged downtown on Saturday night demanding an immediate truce deal to bring the captives home.
At a news conference held outside the defence ministry, family members of those held in Gaza made statements to the crowd.
“Do not let Netanyahu sabotage the deal again. Netanyahu’s insistence on prolonging the war stands between us and our loved ones,” one unidentified relative said.
“Continuing the war means killing the hostages at the hands of the Israeli government. The people understand that Netanyahu prolongs the war for personal reasons – reaching a deal would lead to early elections and end his rule.”

The talmud evil cult in the occupied Palestine does not want any peace deal, the written agenda is to stall and stall to continue the genocide of the indigenous Palestinians. Remember, genetically proven the Palestinians are the true Semites. The talmud evil cult are the imposters, yah which god promised you the land of Palestine, was it moses who is said to have been a shepherd that murdered someone in Yemen and run over to Palestine to hide. Or was it sabbatean zevi or jacob frank who were evil minded individuals. I know my imaginary god does not choose any race or ethnicity to be superior to another. Talmud evil cult, you do not get along with anyone so return to your tribal evil roots which have been identified such from areas in Turkey, Central Asia, Babylon and Radhan. And please do not commit crimes in the host countries who live in and run off to occupied Palestine to hide,
Oct 7 was a hoax. There are no ‘hostages’. ‘Hamas’ is a fictional terror org., modeled after ‘the brotherhood’ from Orwells 1984. Its all a scam. Figure it out if you can.
Yeah, sure, “tens of thousands of protestors” in the streets of Hell Aviv, huh? Certainly a staged dog & pony show of pantomime theatre to lull the hopelessly gullible into thinking some Jews have a shred of a f*cking conscience. That whole evil cuntry should have been incinerated decades ago.
@PHYLLIS COSTA
IMO you are right . the highest ONENESS dont needs
dont wants chosenes . only demons are for division,
separation , chosing hate, envy, jealousy . maybe there
was in beginning a good loving message in that jew
religion but was over the centuries filtered throug evil,
angry, jealousy brains + the message became dirty as
the Talmud is the top of all .
WE DONT NEED THIS DESERT DEMON !
Nico, you should consider that not everything is either black or white…
The world is an organic system, and as such , more complex than this is this & that is that…
We know what your position is and we respect that.
The problem is thinking that that is the whole truth of the matter and carry the flag as an “ism”…
Figure it out… if you can.