President Biden announces ceasefire to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah
President Biden announces ceasefire to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah
Israel's Cabinet has approved the ceasefire after urging from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Summary
President Biden announced a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, effective Wednesday, ending over a year of deadly conflict that killed nearly 3,800 in Lebanon and displaced over 1.2 million.
The deal requires Hezbollah to pull forces 20 miles from Israel’s border, Israeli troop withdrawals within 60 days, and joint patrols by Lebanese forces and UN peacekeepers.
Biden emphasized Israel’s right to self-defense if terms are violated.
France supported implementation efforts, while Iran and Trump’s team were briefed.
Fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza remains unresolved.
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Cool, now do Gaza you pos
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Agedlikemilk
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I’m sure something will happen if they fail to withdraw within the 60 day deadline, right? Just like all the previous deadlines they failed to meet, right?
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Mr. Biden said if Hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and poses a direct threat to Israel, then Israel retains the right to self-defense.
And if Israel breaks the deal then the Lebanese people have a right to self defense, too.
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How much you want to bet Israelis are going to be building houses all up in that 20-mile zone almost immediately?
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Yeah, funny Israel gets 2 months to retreat. My bet is they won't.
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They're probably shipping the materials as we speak.
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Oh fuck off.
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Is it only young people commenting under this post? Everyone is so skeptical as if Hezbollah and Israel haven't gone through this numerous times in the past.
Will it last forever? It never has before. Will it dramatically reduce hostilities for a period of time? Very likely.
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...within 60 days. So a week after trumps inauguration. What a coincidence.
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It's probably hard to broker any deals longer than that because no one really knows what that orange turd is going to do.
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It's not that the deal will only last 60 days, just that they have 60 days to move everyone back and out of the aggressive range.
Realistically it's just boilerplate language. It's 60 days to pack up and go home, which is perfectly fair and reasonable.
Of course in reality this might just be a short reprieve. While both sides might be quiet for the next 60ish days (which is good), they might be right back at it for a variety of reasons, including the change in US leadership.
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And that includes the orange one himself.
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Too good, to be true. But I want to be mistaken.
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It could work out. Hezbollah might want retribution for the pagers and whatnot, but I'd bet the Lebanese army is ready for combat to halt
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Trump was elected. Not surprised.
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This couldn’t have happened 3 fucking months ago? Fuck Israel.
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Got a consolation price
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All Israelis are interested in is global domination and enslaving humans. Wouldn’t trust them for a second.
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Edgy take. Any actual reasoning behind it?
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