Foreign Relations Expert Reveals Why He’s ‘Skeptical’ That There Will Be A Israel-Hamas Ceasefire

On "Forbes Newsroom," Steven Cook, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke to Maggie McGrath about a possible ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas as diplomatic talks continue in Qatar.

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[oatsmasher]

Usa needs to make its people think its close to over or end it so they can operate their political campaign without protesters making them look bad.

[kineahora]

Yes, minor details:

Such as :
— there are no Palestinian people, and there is no such thing as Palestine. The people in question are simply Arab Muslims that were kicked out of surrounding countries predominantly Jordan in the relatively modern era. They have no real relationship to this land that is the Jewish homeland. Yes there were *some* living in the land granted to Jews, but there were also many living in land that was given to the Arabs. Problem was, local Arab Muslim leaders kept saying behind everyone’s back ‘ no problem we will get the whole thing— as soon as the agreement closes we will just attack them (Jews) and sweep them into the sea”. And that is exactly what they attempted to do— in a series of five or six wars and 3-5 “uprisings”— in each case, losing more and more turf. Each time they would want to make a “do-over” like a bunch of preschool kids that decided they didn’t like an outcome and they thought it was OK to just “start over”.

Sorry — when you start a war and you lose— that does not make you a victim. When it wasn’t your land to begin with, and it was the Jewish Homeland for— I dunno 4-5 millennia— that doesn’t make you “ aboriginal”. It makes Jews aboriginal.

These are fundamental differences that simply will not change . And any thought of giving up territory, what have you— is simply not acceptable anymore because any attempt to try to trade land for peace has been met with backstabbing and continued goal of expelling the Jews from the region or killing them all together.

This is not limited to present day, Israel — but a tactic or strategy that has played out in every single Arab Muslim city in the region, where there had been significant Jewish population throughout the post-Muslim period (after ~600 AD). Persecution and expulsion from: Tehran, Baghdad, Damascus, Aleppo (which is now entirely destroyed by the Russians in the current Syrian conflict), and others. It’s a very extended pattern— demonstrating that there can never be peace with these people.

[leslie]

Why did this administration release Iran's frozen funds? Humanitarian aid is not being used for that intended purpose. To think otherwise is quite delusional in that thought process.

[ribkadurant]

Why Hamas doesn't want to release all the Hostages? Does Hamas want a cease fire so they can take break and have time to make more strong his army?

[luvitluvitbaby]

Benjamin Netanyahu wanted Yahya Sinwar to be the lead negotiator, so he can’t complain about it now.

[TronixGuy]

There CANNOT EVER BE true truce between diametrically opposed religions. PERIOD. Either one wins or the other. Would you expect the Catholic church to ever forgive the Church of Satan?

[awdrifter]

The main thing is both sides think they are backed by their god, the most important disagreement is which is the stronger god. So they have to fight to find out.

[niceguy]

There are still October 7th hostages not released... Why would there be a cease-fire?

[hajjimubarak]

How do you negotiate with someone who is assassinating the negotiator?

[AV-wxrm]

Whats to debate? The occupation or the people living in it ?

[iddomargalit-friedman]

What bad analysis.

The problem is not any parties netanyahu depends on - it's that, at it's core, Israel is committed to destroying Hamas, and Hamas wants an end to the war.

Sinwar exactly doesn't think he's winning, he thinks this is his best chance to win - which is, a full Israeli withdrawal and him retaking gaza.

The question is, can there be a deal which Hamas thinks gives it a major chance to survive, and Israel believes still allows it to destroy Hamas?

[victorteo]

How silly it’ll be, if Hamas not present at peace talk, in Israel/Hamas war. Same as Russia not at peace talk between Russia/Ukraine war. Makes no sense at all!

[tamiannhowell]

If Hamas isn’t at the table
For the peace talk .
How can there be a peace talk?
Come on get real

[FrankGallagherr]

Who thinks Harris is 10X worse than Biden’?

[anon]

And Biden takes credit,
“ I stopped the war “

[KonstantinosVassis]

There is no chance for a ceasefire... Justice will prevail!

[baniyaminabas]

Netanyahoo to blame...keep on adding new deal

[CrMizer]

Who is representing the United States at these meetings? Who is going to be held accountable, when things go wrong?
On both sides

[johnmcdermid]

You need to be skeptical we need to be skeptical of everything I run says or any terrorist nation or organization says they lie and they don’t keep deals and negotiations

[SurprisedCricket-dwtf]

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