By Philip Klein
Monday, May 06, 2024
Several news organizations are reporting that Hamas has said it accepted an Egyptian
cease-fire proposal, but I would be highly skeptical.
It is of course theoretically possible Israel’s signaling
that a Rafah invasion is imminent has gotten the terrorist group to finally
agree. But far more likely is that Hamas has essentially made a counteroffer
that it knows would be a nonstarter for Israel merely as a propaganda move to
make it seem that Israel rejected peace and chose to invade Rafah instead.
As Rich Goldberg notes:
My guess is that, despite Hamas’s having rejected
cease-fire offers for months even as Israel made more and more concessions, the
media — as well as much of the Biden administration — will adopt the Hamas
spin.
But we await more details.
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