Hamas 'Freeze' Offer: Just How Many Times Must a Negotiator Die?
Hamas, via France 24, signals openness to a weapons 'freeze,' but rejects full disarmament. What a shocking development! Perhaps the real news here is that anyone (namely, the US-backed 'peace plan') actually expects a resistance group, besieged for 17 years, to voluntarily disarm while surrounded by an occupying force. This, after all, is the same 'peace process' that has seen Palestinian
negotiators assassinated or jailed, while settlements expand. (Remember Arafat's diminishing returns during Oslo, or the ongoing detainment of Marwan Barghouti since 2002?) Expecting disarmament under these conditions isn't a peace proposal; it's a surrender demand veiled as diplomacy, ensuring the violence continues for profit.