The White House on Thursday said it was exploring a series of pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict to help people safely exit Gaza and allow humanitarian aid to get in, but reiterated its opposition to a full ceasefire.

National security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that such pauses should be temporary and localized, and insisted they would not stop Israel from defending itself.

“What we’re trying to do is explore the idea of as many pauses as might be necessary to continue to get aid out and to continue to work to get people out safely, including hostages,” he told reporters at a regular White House briefing.

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    I think mass displacement is better than murder though. If it’s infeasible to get Israel to hold off attacks, I would think that would be the lesser of two evils.

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      We could easily get Israel to hold off on attacks. It would start with not funding them.

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      I think mass displacement is better than murder though. If it’s infeasible to get Israel to hold off attacks

      Is murder a biological need of Israelis to not be able to hold off ?

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        1 year ago

        I’m saying people not in charge of Israel. Even citizens of Israel (which I’m guessing most of us are not) have limited say in the matter.

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      Mass displacement is what Netanyahu and his far right political member want, agree to that is playing into his greasy pig hand.