That explains it. For me from the first couple of seconds the sound, visuals and even the vibe was clearly the same as the regular channel. I was still confused until I read this. lols
For those unaware... 'State'/State Department tends to be one of the more LT, personnel static wings of our government, with staff encouraged to make LT careers out of working for State..not that positions are static (especially early on in one's "time @ State", where widened experience accumulation is nearly mandatory..). Example? 'State' staffers to embassies? Say "trade"? It's not unusual for that staffer to spend a huge portion of later half of their career in 1 place... And the US isn't unique in this aspect, most countries employ a similar foreign diplomat corp strategy... Benjamin F? Spent multiple dif admins as the US/French #1 ... But...that necessity/desirability to build up LT 1-1 contacts leads occasionally to quandaries.. those relationships become so integral to effectiveness, that 'static impasses' develope.. Make little mistake, State operates under any given WH, so they try to reflect a given WH general stance? - This was what was disturbing about the Mass Exodus from State during 45's tenure? We were losing (literally) 100s of years of experience Every Month, especially in 19 & 20.. Beau did a couple videos on this worrying trend... But... Because those 1-1 LT relationships are so vital to effective Foreign Policy + Implementation, sometimes, Sometimes... "Pot stirring" Has to come from the WH.. And there's no more 'dynamic' Pot Stirrer than the POTUS... I may disagree with Biden on many, Many issues? But he has more FA experience in his Pinky than DJT has in his whole body... This statement, IMO, was 100% deliberate, his re-election hopes (and lives) ride on this... Unfortunately, MAGA generally has less than 0 grasp of FP, IE= what foreign affairs actually look like... Example? Why is most negotiating done by lower level staffers? Because of the "imbedded" nature of State... "Compromised" occasionally & inevitably sometimes happens? It is literally nothing to fire or re-assign a low-mid level staffer, but what does 1 do when it's WH staff, or Congress People, or POTUS? THIS is why ham-fisted, direct HOS-HOS is not only silly & detrimental @ best, and an irrevocable disaster @ worst... That "perfect phone call"? Extortion? Too much temptation...TBH. 'Merica's foreign affairs was set back decades by TFG... Remember Ivanka being shunned at every foreign affairs gathering (and she's arguably the Smart One?)? DJT being laughed at during his UN speech? Keep. The. Trumps. Out. Of. Foreign Affairs. They're too narcissistic (to a person) to learn. And Wharton sure didn't teach em s**t...but the Trumps DID buy the best diplomas Wharton had for sale...
This entire conflict has been a lesson, for me, in how easy it is to assume we have a complete picture of what is happening, and to have a good guy/bad guy image in our head. Every few days has been learning about different actors and bystander groups that exist. Or, learning more historical information about where all the different groups come from. For example, I had this assumption that Palestinians were just the people that lived in the palestinian area before the creation of the Israeli state. I didn't know about mass migrations due to ethnic cleansing of surrounding regions that had led many to be there even before they were further pushed off their land. (I know this comment doesn't add much to discourse, but I like to comment on Beau videos in order to tickle the algorithm)
@@JiffyJames85 : No it's a good comment. The example of being open to learning new things in articular is something the world could use more of. 😊 _"A mind is like a parachute. It only works when it's open."_ --Original author unknown, 1927 or earlier
once the Fairness Doctrine was torpedoed, journalists forgot about ethics and just chased ratings. One of many reasons i watch Beau is due to his ethics about reporting
Nope the State department press conference and system tell you nothing is changed. It is like a coach saying I am going to tell the press something different than the team don't believe what I say to them
Gosh, the president that will be tried and convicted as soon as this “crisis” is resolved doesn’t want it to end… guess BB’s motives will remain unknown .
What's weird is how right before Oct 7th, most Israelis were demanding netanyahu resign, and meanwhile the Palestinians were staging massive protests against hamas. And there was only one thing that could have kept them both in power, and as if by magic, that thing happened.
Food and water should never be held hostage PERIOD.Benji is WRONG. PERIOD. HE IS THE ISSUE. Even the Israel citizens say HE IS THE ISSUE, the majority.
I don't mean to dunk on anything, but the Israeli people are against Netanyahu because people have been abducted and he's perceived as not doing anything. It is NOT because they care about Gaza. 🌹
Europe here, someone asked at the water cooler that while Hamas has hostages, at what point is it apparent the Israel has taken Gaza hostage with enforced famine?
@@msam2357 it feels very apparent, and not just in my small circle. There are some people who are cool with it because Palestinians are darker than Israelis, and the people who think that way don’t count despite their positions in government. There is a strange haziness over how much influence Biden has in this. Aid could definitely have been stopped, but I think the current administration fears losing influence over Israel. Plus Netanyahu is more like #TrumpLeavenworth than not, so concerns about tactical nukes is real (I hear Israel is not recognized as nuclear-capable, but I don’t believe it, and I don’t know anyone not wearing a red hat who does.) For all that Israel is wrong in everything it is doing, it is a sovereign nation and technically Palestine isn’t. The only real way for Biden to stop it is to invade Israel and Palestine*. That seems unrealistic at this time. *Palestine is not a country yet, but it should be and I expect it will be, so I am using it.
As for why people are not taking to the streets? Probably because it’s over there, and speaking out against Israel is bad for business over here, despite their clear black hat in this.
@msam2357 Look at the exchanges that happened at the last cease fire. Israel returned more prisoners than Hamas returned hostages. Why? Because Israel didn't take hostages all at once. They took thousands more as "prisoners" over the years, many over minor "crimes" (that is, the Palestinian equivalent of "driving while black.") I don't agree with the methods of either Hamas or Netenyahu, but it is clear that "the famine" isn't the only way Israel has taken hostages.
no, he isn't. the hold up is the israeli people. bibi ain't savage enough to make them happy. if anything, he's a braking mechanism, else gaza would be depopulated. get it throughur friggin' head.
@@erikwick - Hamas started the war on 07October2023. BN is the one who is going too far in his response, which began as simple self-defense. Kind of a "knife at a gunfight" scenario: Hamas attacked with a knife, BN is responding with large-caliber machine guns. BN has every right to defend his country, but scale is (always)(extremely) important.
I grew up watching documentaries showing horrific scenes from concentration camps in Poland and Germany. The youth of today will have the same experience, but from Gaza. How ironic. How sad.
@@AuntieMamies : Not all of us, no. The conservative works to conserve society and politics as they currently are. But since humans naturally keep evolving, todays conservative is tomorrows regressive. Luckily most people are intelligent enough to not be opposed to evolving. Especially since it's inevitable.😊
@@aylbdrmadison1051 America has largely always been a progressive country, which I'm really thankful for. But the conservative party has definitely become the party of regression. If we could just stop gerrymandering I don't think they would have a shot.
I hope after this ends someone will take the time to explain to the younger generation, who have never really seen wars, that ceasefires and peace deals never happen overnight, just because it didn't happen in the first days doesn't mean the White House has not been working on this for that amount of time, neither side really wants a ceasefire so if he can pull it off, I consider that to be some pretty impressive diplomacy.
@@alandavis8051Well in millions of years the ocean in the area will have widened due to a rift valley forming near the Horn of Africa and the Suez Canal won’t be important to global trade anymore.
I read an article about people who ran to hide from other cities into the one that is the next target. I can't even imagine the horror of that. The world is an extremely strange place.
This may be the point where the "we've had enough" signal is being sent, signalling that the security force is going to be deployed whether you like it or not. Spelling out all the contributors to that hypothetical force is simply saying that "if you 'accidentally' hit one of those trucks, the response will come from all directions around you".
It was only after the Israeli army very intentionally attacked an international said convoy that this statement was made. Israel has gone to far in its retaliation and indiscriminate use of force when it even knowingly attacks friends. They need to get a grip.
I can't believe how little talk I hear about the hostages these days. They've been held captive for more than 6 months now. I cannot imagine being held for that long. It's so sad. I worry about the massive number of deaths due to starvation. But I also worry about what the hostages are going through.
There was an odd item on the info ribbon on the bottom of abc's GMA this A.M. It read that [Hamas says they don't have enough of the hostages in their custody, to be able to meet the ceasefire requirements]. I hope there will be further information soon, it was a weirdly vague statement.
@@antiquegirl6505we first heard about this months ago, towards the end of the staggered hostage releases. After a good start the message came through that Hamas cannot readily trace all hostages as some were held by different groups. That's when the exchanges petered out. Now imagine all the chaos in Gaza since, and the large-scale destruction. Doesn't bode well for communication, even if the hostages and their captors are still alive. And then, if there's no food to go around, how do you think the hostages will fare?
6 months? as compared to the years of sexually torturous detention in military prisons WITHOUT CHARGE that more than 10,000 palestinian men, women, and CHILDREN have endured since this crime called israel was first committed in 1948?
This may be something that occured behind the "official" statements by several adjoining countries. The release of the hostages is definitely a sticking point. Now, if the neighbouring countries know how the Israeli government operates "behind the official statements" those countries have good reasons to advise Biden to go the different way, have Israel basically forced to abide by the ceasefire and be curbed or stopped the use of weapons in both Gaza and the West Bank. Why? Unknown reasons, but one very possible reason, the "settlers" incessant attacks, the IDF appearing out of control, therefore the Palestinians can't trust in peace and survival unless these issues are dealt with effectively. Do I think this was "off the cuff"? No, it's a rare occasion Biden does this.
Beau talks about moral injury a lot. We sometimes forget that politicians esp the president like celebrities are human at our level and have our emotions cuz they HAVE to be so composed so much (the Twitter faction notwithstanding.) Could this really genuinely be taking a moral toll on Biden that he’s finding harder to hide. Like Beau said, famine, that hits people different, he’s seen more briefing and worse stuff than any US civilian has, and he is a dad and grandfather. I don’t think the man is a saint but I wouldn’t be shocked if outrage about what’s happening to people could cause more faux pas in this situation
Agree. I think that's exactly what's going on. Biden wasn't a fan of Netanyahu anyway. I remember that from when he was VP under Obama (Obama didn't like Netanyahu either and was caught on a hot mic saying so). Quite a few people nowadays aren't old enough to remember the last round of BS we had with Netanyahu. So, when they jump to "Biden's supporting this", I tell them not to be so sure because there's a whole lot of back history that's being left out with that assumption.
As a lefty. The lowest bar i accept as crossing the line to the correct position. Stop all offensive weapons, sanctions, and all the top government and soldiers that are complicit in war crimes be charged in international court.
I am really looking forward to this crisis being over. Mostly because i want the suffering to end but also because i am really interested in finding out what has been going on in negotiations behind the scenes.
The way I've always seen previous cease fires in this region, they were always ended by excuses of one side breaking it thus a response HAD to happen. I would not doubt if Israel got their people back from Hamas, Netanyahu would resume his campaign of obliterating Palestinians so Israel could claim the territory. And I could see Hamas trying to do things to "encourage" Israeli forces to move back. Not that their actions have done anything but give Israel excuses to attack Palestinians. The whole thing is a mess and no one wants to back off until they've avenged the wrongs done to their side, even if it's making more wrongs to get revenge for.
Yea, that's the way of things now. That's why it's so important to know who threw the first punch in 1947, and who has paid the highest price by far ever since. That doesn't mean I don't know that the Palestinian and Israeli people are generally both victims. Clearly netanyahu and hamas are on the same side: the wrong side.
@@aylbdrmadison1051i m not sure keeping in mind who started is relevant after a certain time. 1947, in other words 80 years ago… people did not think the same way, did not know what we know about the world and other cultures because media and communications changed a lot. New generations sure as hell do not see the world the same way a 70 or 80 year olds do. Your country is not like it was in the early 50s, nor is mine (well some in the US try to go back to that but thats another story). It s as if European countries were begrudging one another still now from the World Wars wrong doings. The hostage being “lost somewhere” is mindblowing to say the least. You need them to negotiate but you have clue where they all are? The two leading sides are doing harm to the both populations. I’m not sure they are really informed of what is being done by both sides. It s a good exemple of minority rules because the majority on both side wanted just to live quietly. Sometimes to have peace you must give up on revenge, or else it s an endless cycle that benefit a tiny minority.
@@katrin712 There was a comic done on a fantasy world of a war between orcs and elves that had lasted for a thousand years. Scholars on both sides researched their histories to determine "who threw the first punch" and what that punch was because no one could remember who started the war. Turned out someone played a prank (like whoopie cushion on the throne level) and it had escalated from there.
@@Tiewaz and yet, no one wanted to give up on the war even though they did not remember who started for fear of being seen as weak… “Leaders” wanting to look strong cost every years thousands if not millions of lives… feels like they ll never learn
On a similar, yet consequentially different subject, I have devoted a fair amount of study to the psychology of addictions…. Drugs are not the only source. Perhaps the only addictive something that should be criminalized (as the result of its rarity combined with the resulting harm) is Authority?
I still can’t seem to understand. One wants permanent cease fire, the other wants hostages released. I admit I am obviously no foreign policy expert, but why wouldn’t, ‘Hey, we will cease fire today, release all hostages today’. Look I recognize that neither of these sides trust each other, but they will never progress until they learn how to try.
The problem is Netanyahu gets removed from power and likely tossed in jail shortly after a permanent ceasefire. He has no incentive to end the bombing and is therefore not negotiating in good faith. He doesn't give af about the hostages.
I recently spoke to an Israeli -American friend who is generally extremely pro-Palestinian, anti-war, and anti-Bibi, to the point that they've stopped identifying themself as Israeli or Jewish to deliberately distance themself from Bibi's war crimes (they just call themself "Middle Eastern" now). The way my friend explained it, most Israelis (even the staunchly anti-war ones) can't stomach calls for "unconditional ceasefire" because it comes across as "we want you to sacrifice your loved ones with no guarantee that this won't happen again in the future". It might be the only area left where most Israelis actually support Bibi's actions, and Bibi not caving on that point might be the only thing keeping him in power. I don't know how the US is going to overcome that.
Respectfully i would ask you friend to try and see it from the other side. Why ask them to give up just about the only card they are holding for only a brief pause in the fighting?
@@benik3297 My friend accepts the Palestinian side of the argument. They're also only one person and don't live in Israel anymore. Like Beau said, it's "unstoppable force meets immovable object".
Seems like the main issue is trust. Neither side can trust the other. What does Israel lose by allowing the aid in? I would think allowing aid in would at least be a start in building trust between the two sides and then peace negotiations could move forward.
@@AuntieMamiesYes exactly. Tho his winning goal equates no Palestine, period. Auntie, check out the Grayzone video very mini documentary on what they've been doing to the Christian Armenians quarter, been there since ad400's of East Jerusalem while Gaza takes most of media focus! Prepare for further heartbreak in disgust. The famous ww2 "First they came for... poem applicable. 😮
I don't know either. It's far outside of what we've seen brought to the table so far. I just hope we get a ceasefire soon as I worry that we are already past the window for peace.
not true they stated they can not locate hostages that meet the criteria required...plus logistically they are under attack and the hostages are held by many different groups.... communication is difficult many might be dead but with communication down it is tough to confirm...Hamas doesn't want to release idf until they must
This is just my opinion and I'm sure others have a better one but I would go with the short cease fire in hopes to get them to the table to talk peace. They can always extend it as need be. All while that's going on flood the zone with medical supplies and food and water. I know the cease fire could end at anytime, but at least it created a window to get food and supplies in.
Saw a news article about the Palestine side not having the hostages to give to the Israel side. That seems concerning. I’m 100% on not allowing Gaza to starve.
They had announced difficulties in tracking down groups that were holding hostages towards the end of the iffy ceasefire that came to an early end when they were unable to readily produce the intended numbers of hostages.
Netanyahu overplayed his hand is what it sounds like to me, and now he's ticked off the US delegation to the point that they're no longer willing to be as publicly supportive. But i know less than you do, so it's just my opinion, man.
The Stewart/Amanpour interview was outstanding! Read “Shaking hands with the Devil” by Romeo D’Allaird. He was the general in charge of UN Peacekeepers during the Rwandan genocide. He and his people suffered with PTSD for decades because they were hamstrung by the powers in charge.
There are times i want to hug your mind. I guess that means I want to thank you in some way that is extra special and you understand my gratitude is beyond mere words. It's selfish of course. I don't want you to ever stop delivering your educated thoughts about the world I'm not even an after thought in. Thank you. Edit: And thank you to the person(s) who wrote those questions and sent them to you.
"Anyway it's just a thought, y'all have a good day." 2nd time it made in this channel since I've been watching. I watch all the content on both channels so this is always gonna stand out to me. More importantly, keep up the great work brother. You are a journalistic gem in today's racing for clicks environment! Thank you!
The deadlock in negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians, centered around a ceasefire tied to hostage release, appears shortsighted - or perhaps intentional. If not all hostages are freed by the agreed date, the ceasefire collapses, making the pact essentially temporary. This suggests a focus on immediate issues or semantics rather than the long-term goal of peace. Strategic foresight and clear objectives are crucial to prevent undermining the very ceasefire both sides seek. Or, someone is negotiating in bad faith.
After watching more of the video... Beau's surprise at Biden's announcement of Israel's unilateral 8-week ceasefire for humanitarian aid underscores a broader oversight of the power dynamics at play. This move, unexpected to some, actually reflects a clear-eyed recognition of Israel's decisive control over ceasefire decisions. Without the usual diplomatic preambles, Biden's straightforward announcement might seem unconventional, but it highlights a pragmatic approach to addressing the humanitarian needs in the conflict. It suggests that acknowledging and acting upon the reality of power disparities could lead to meaningful steps toward easing tensions. This all comes down to the simple dynamics of power: If Israel, the aggressor now, declared a ceasefire, Palestine could adhere to it or not. If not, that would end the ceasefire and wouldn't be on Israel.
That actually goes along with some news I was reading this morning that there may not be enough hostages still alive to do the ceasefire that Netanyahu has been talking about. In that case, it would take a unilateral ceasefire to get the aid in (for humanitarian reasons.) If Hamas doesn't have the hostages (either because they are dead or because they've been handed over to other "organizations"), then they won't want the world to know they've lost their bargaining chips. They won't agree to anything but to get their way entirely (since then they can say "We tried but they wouldn't give us what we asked for" rather than "We don't have any bargaining chips but we don't want to give in.")
It's a bit hard to figure what additional measure of "urgency" is necessary -- or even helpful -- to bringing this to resolution. And, yes, it's hard to believe that Biden is saying ANYTHING here that hasn't already been communicated to Netanyahu. Lastly... ...the one thing, above all else, that draws me to this channel is the frequent notation that there ARE things that we... just... don't... know. Sadly, that's increasingly rare these days. This arrogance of certainty is pandemic. Thanks.
i always knew President Biden was way more critical of bibi behind the scenes, as an effective POTUS should be, making negotiations public isn't always helpful.
Putting out such a bold statement... and then have it happen! -could be "just" a campaign tactic from the Biden camp, couldn't it? I mean, I'll take it, and be grateful too, if it's already a done deal, but politics has become such a media game, even the Dems might try it. It would generate some "Strong Leader TM" vibes on the forums, and have the added benefit of actually being accurate.
Both sides are hung up by "hostage diplomaticy". This appears to be the secondary (if not primary) tactic in all future low intensity conflicts. I wonder if there is any strategic planning (or theorizing) about how to deal with this.
This was going to be on the main channel, but it got long and we had issues uploading what I had planned for this channel today.
I’m here, regardless.
I was wondering a bit , but all good
Things happen that way sometimes. It's no big deal.
That explains it. For me from the first couple of seconds the sound, visuals and even the vibe was clearly the same as the regular channel.
I was still confused until I read this. lols
For those unaware... 'State'/State Department tends to be one of the more LT, personnel static wings of our government, with staff encouraged to make LT careers out of working for State..not that positions are static (especially early on in one's "time @ State", where widened experience accumulation is nearly mandatory..). Example? 'State' staffers to embassies? Say "trade"? It's not unusual for that staffer to spend a huge portion of later half of their career in 1 place...
And the US isn't unique in this aspect, most countries employ a similar foreign diplomat corp strategy... Benjamin F? Spent multiple dif admins as the US/French #1 ...
But...that necessity/desirability to build up LT 1-1 contacts leads occasionally to quandaries.. those relationships become so integral to effectiveness, that 'static impasses' develope.. Make little mistake, State operates under any given WH, so they try to reflect a given WH general stance?
- This was what was disturbing about the Mass Exodus from State during 45's tenure? We were losing (literally) 100s of years of experience Every Month, especially in 19 & 20..
Beau did a couple videos on this worrying trend...
But... Because those 1-1 LT relationships are so vital to effective Foreign Policy + Implementation, sometimes, Sometimes... "Pot stirring" Has to come from the WH.. And there's no more 'dynamic' Pot Stirrer than the POTUS...
I may disagree with Biden on many, Many issues? But he has more FA experience in his Pinky than DJT has in his whole body... This statement, IMO, was 100% deliberate, his re-election hopes (and lives) ride on this...
Unfortunately, MAGA generally has less than 0 grasp of FP, IE= what foreign affairs actually look like...
Example?
Why is most negotiating done by lower level staffers? Because of the "imbedded" nature of State... "Compromised" occasionally & inevitably sometimes happens? It is literally nothing to fire or re-assign a low-mid level staffer, but what does 1 do when it's WH staff, or Congress People, or POTUS?
THIS is why ham-fisted, direct HOS-HOS is not only silly & detrimental @ best, and an irrevocable disaster @ worst...
That "perfect phone call"? Extortion? Too much temptation...TBH. 'Merica's foreign affairs was set back decades by TFG... Remember Ivanka being shunned at every foreign affairs gathering (and she's arguably the Smart One?)? DJT being laughed at during his UN speech?
Keep. The. Trumps. Out. Of. Foreign Affairs. They're too narcissistic (to a person) to learn. And Wharton sure didn't teach em s**t...but the Trumps DID buy the best diplomas Wharton had for sale...
I have to hat-tip the self-disclaimor about not knowing everything. Journalistic ethics 101, but also sorely lacking in so many outlets these days.
This entire conflict has been a lesson, for me, in how easy it is to assume we have a complete picture of what is happening, and to have a good guy/bad guy image in our head. Every few days has been learning about different actors and bystander groups that exist. Or, learning more historical information about where all the different groups come from. For example, I had this assumption that Palestinians were just the people that lived in the palestinian area before the creation of the Israeli state. I didn't know about mass migrations due to ethnic cleansing of surrounding regions that had led many to be there even before they were further pushed off their land.
(I know this comment doesn't add much to discourse, but I like to comment on Beau videos in order to tickle the algorithm)
@@JiffyJames85 : No it's a good comment. The example of being open to learning new things in articular is something the world could use more of. 😊
_"A mind is like a parachute. It only works when it's open."_ --Original author unknown, 1927 or earlier
This entire thread is heartening. Thanks for the inspiration, y’all. ❤️💪🏻🔥
once the Fairness Doctrine was torpedoed, journalists forgot about ethics and just chased ratings. One of many reasons i watch Beau is due to his ethics about reporting
I think Biden has had it with Netanyahu's callousness regarding the famine in Gaza.
Biden knows what a disgusting excuse for a human Bibi is. He's probably just altogether done with him
I don't want to sound callous, but I suspect he's looking at polls too.
I think he had a: "O, shut up, man" moment.
@@MrakScould go both ways though, if you see it as election tactics. My understanding is that many USA'ns are avid supporters of Israel.
Nope the State department press conference and system tell you nothing is changed. It is like a coach saying I am going to tell the press something different than the team don't believe what I say to them
I had to rewind the video to re-listen to the disclaimer about not having all the answers.
The integrity displayed was both shocking and refreshing.
Stick around, you get used to it eventually. It's still refreshing though, just not shocking. 😊
Beat me to it!@@aylbdrmadison1051
From Beau? You must be new here 😂
Gosh, the president that will be tried and convicted as soon as this “crisis” is resolved doesn’t want it to end… guess BB’s motives will remain unknown .
Prime Minister
What's weird is how right before Oct 7th, most Israelis were demanding netanyahu resign, and meanwhile the Palestinians were staging massive protests against hamas.
And there was only one thing that could have kept them both in power, and as if by magic, that thing happened.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 yeah, magic backed by a career of interfering to stop ANY sharing of the land...
@@brendasmart553 cool, head of state. W/e doesn’t change the point.
@@JohnSmith-qm5xu Agreed.
Food and water should never be held hostage PERIOD.Benji is WRONG. PERIOD. HE IS THE ISSUE. Even the Israel citizens say HE IS THE ISSUE, the majority.
Damn right!
Food and water has been a weapon of War since the first guy clunked someone on the head with a rock.
@@PalleRasmussen Which is exactly why we set up rules.Time does change.
@@darrahhopper6437 I definitely agree. I was trained in the Danish military. But I am also a military historian, and point out reality.
I don't mean to dunk on anything, but the Israeli people are against Netanyahu because people have been abducted and he's perceived as not doing anything.
It is NOT because they care about Gaza.
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I take it as a sign that Biden is impatient about the famine, for one reason and another. First moral, second political.
Biden is an effective disruptor. He did it when Obama was being too incremental about LGBTQ equal rights and he is doing it now.
Bravo Biden.
Europe here, someone asked at the water cooler that while Hamas has hostages, at what point is it apparent the Israel has taken Gaza hostage with enforced famine?
@@msam2357 it feels very apparent, and not just in my small circle. There are some people who are cool with it because Palestinians are darker than Israelis, and the people who think that way don’t count despite their positions in government. There is a strange haziness over how much influence Biden has in this. Aid could definitely have been stopped, but I think the current administration fears losing influence over Israel. Plus Netanyahu is more like #TrumpLeavenworth than not, so concerns about tactical nukes is real (I hear Israel is not recognized as nuclear-capable, but I don’t believe it, and I don’t know anyone not wearing a red hat who does.) For all that Israel is wrong in everything it is doing, it is a sovereign nation and technically Palestine isn’t. The only real way for Biden to stop it is to invade Israel and Palestine*. That seems unrealistic at this time.
*Palestine is not a country yet, but it should be and I expect it will be, so I am using it.
As for why people are not taking to the streets? Probably because it’s over there, and speaking out against Israel is bad for business over here, despite their clear black hat in this.
@msam2357 Look at the exchanges that happened at the last cease fire. Israel returned more prisoners than Hamas returned hostages. Why? Because Israel didn't take hostages all at once. They took thousands more as "prisoners" over the years, many over minor "crimes" (that is, the Palestinian equivalent of "driving while black.") I don't agree with the methods of either Hamas or Netenyahu, but it is clear that "the famine" isn't the only way Israel has taken hostages.
I keep remembering your words. “It’s a poker game and everybody is cheating.”
Me too. It's a great analogy.
The hold up is Netanyahu.
no, he isn't. the hold up is the israeli people. bibi ain't savage enough to make them happy. if anything, he's a braking mechanism, else gaza would be depopulated. get it throughur friggin' head.
And the problem currently, and for years previous.
Succinctly put.
Imagine starting a war, taking thousands of hostages then demanding a ceasefire. Lol.
@@erikwick - Hamas started the war on 07October2023. BN is the one who is going too far in his response, which began as simple self-defense. Kind of a "knife at a gunfight" scenario: Hamas attacked with a knife, BN is responding with large-caliber machine guns. BN has every right to defend his country, but scale is (always)(extremely) important.
Like so many things, the last 10% of the work takes 90% of the effort.
That is such a significant truth.
I grew up watching documentaries showing horrific scenes from concentration camps in Poland and Germany. The youth of today will have the same experience, but from Gaza. How ironic. How sad.
And how embarrassingly shameful.
Humans have really not come very far
And America is on the wrong side of history
@@AuntieMamies : Not all of us, no. The conservative works to conserve society and politics as they currently are. But since humans naturally keep evolving, todays conservative is tomorrows regressive.
Luckily most people are intelligent enough to not be opposed to evolving. Especially since it's inevitable.😊
@@aylbdrmadison1051 America has largely always been a progressive country, which I'm really thankful for. But the conservative party has definitely become the party of regression. If we could just stop gerrymandering I don't think they would have a shot.
I just heard extreme frustration, both from President Biden and you, Beau.
When a U.S. president makes a truth containing statement, i like it. Like, much. Years ago, it was expected.
I mean, my hope is that Dark Brandon hasn't forgotten he is Irish, and with negotiations stagnating they just let him wear the shades.
I hope after this ends someone will take the time to explain to the younger generation, who have never really seen wars, that ceasefires and peace deals never happen overnight, just because it didn't happen in the first days doesn't mean the White House has not been working on this for that amount of time, neither side really wants a ceasefire so if he can pull it off, I consider that to be some pretty impressive diplomacy.
How about a “temporary ceasefire” but instead of 6-8 weeks, make it 25 years!
That’s what was in place before Oct 7. There needs to be a political solution and that’s what the Biden admin is trying for.
So tired of all the fighting and 💀☠️ over land and religions.😢
The fighting over that stretch of desert will never end.
@@alandavis8051Well in millions of years the ocean in the area will have widened due to a rift valley forming near the Horn of Africa and the Suez Canal won’t be important to global trade anymore.
I read an article about people who ran to hide from other cities into the one that is the next target. I can't even imagine the horror of that.
The world is an extremely strange place.
Beau, thank you so much for being a beacon of truth and reason in this world full of the opposite.
This may be the point where the "we've had enough" signal is being sent, signalling that the security force is going to be deployed whether you like it or not. Spelling out all the contributors to that hypothetical force is simply saying that "if you 'accidentally' hit one of those trucks, the response will come from all directions around you".
It was only after the Israeli army very intentionally attacked an international said convoy that this statement was made. Israel has gone to far in its retaliation and indiscriminate use of force when it even knowingly attacks friends. They need to get a grip.
I can't believe how little talk I hear about the hostages these days. They've been held captive for more than 6 months now. I cannot imagine being held for that long. It's so sad. I worry about the massive number of deaths due to starvation. But I also worry about what the hostages are going through.
There was an odd item on the info ribbon on the bottom of abc's GMA this A.M. It read that [Hamas says they don't have enough of the hostages in their custody, to be able to meet the ceasefire requirements]. I hope there will be further information soon, it was a weirdly vague statement.
Based on what we know from those that have been released, the greatest danger to the hostages is IOF bombs
@@antiquegirl6505we first heard about this months ago, towards the end of the staggered hostage releases. After a good start the message came through that Hamas cannot readily trace all hostages as some were held by different groups. That's when the exchanges petered out.
Now imagine all the chaos in Gaza since, and the large-scale destruction. Doesn't bode well for communication, even if the hostages and their captors are still alive.
And then, if there's no food to go around, how do you think the hostages will fare?
6 months? as compared to the years of sexually torturous detention in military prisons WITHOUT CHARGE that more than 10,000 palestinian men, women, and CHILDREN have endured since this crime called israel was first committed in 1948?
@@antiquegirl6505it may mean many if not all hostages are already dead.
As John Lennon said, "Give a permanent ceasefire a chance."
when I was in Vietnam peace talks took years and it was always close
Fortunately Kissinger still isn't around to draw it out. Now we have Netanyahu drawing it out.
You are such a good foreign affairs analyst! Thank you for all you do in making us understand.
This may be something that occured behind the "official" statements by several adjoining countries. The release of the hostages is definitely a sticking point.
Now, if the neighbouring countries know how the Israeli government operates "behind the official statements" those countries have good reasons to advise Biden to go the different way, have Israel basically forced to abide by the ceasefire and be curbed or stopped the use of weapons in both Gaza and the West Bank.
Why? Unknown reasons, but one very possible reason, the "settlers" incessant attacks, the IDF appearing out of control, therefore the Palestinians can't trust in peace and survival unless these issues are dealt with effectively.
Do I think this was "off the cuff"? No, it's a rare occasion Biden does this.
Beau talks about moral injury a lot. We sometimes forget that politicians esp the president like celebrities are human at our level and have our emotions cuz they HAVE to be so composed so much (the Twitter faction notwithstanding.)
Could this really genuinely be taking a moral toll on Biden that he’s finding harder to hide. Like Beau said, famine, that hits people different, he’s seen more briefing and worse stuff than any US civilian has, and he is a dad and grandfather. I don’t think the man is a saint but I wouldn’t be shocked if outrage about what’s happening to people could cause more faux pas in this situation
Agree. I think that's exactly what's going on. Biden wasn't a fan of Netanyahu anyway. I remember that from when he was VP under Obama (Obama didn't like Netanyahu either and was caught on a hot mic saying so).
Quite a few people nowadays aren't old enough to remember the last round of BS we had with Netanyahu. So, when they jump to "Biden's supporting this", I tell them not to be so sure because there's a whole lot of back history that's being left out with that assumption.
As a lefty. The lowest bar i accept as crossing the line to the correct position. Stop all offensive weapons, sanctions, and all the top government and soldiers that are complicit in war crimes be charged in international court.
Dare to dream that any ceasefire takes hold and desperately needed aid can get to the people that need it.
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Why the change? They probably know the hostages are dead. Nothing left to negotiate over.
It sure would be nice if Biden's comment were to come a reality! It would do him well with the voters!!!
it's kind of interesting that achieving both firearms legislation and peace deals would be limited by the small window of time issue
Whenever I hear the word "mostly" I think of Newt in Aliens: "They mostly come out at night. Mostly." 😂
So how is this approach working to get the hostages back so far? It’s completely naive for people to believe this has to do with the hostages.
You're right. If it really had anything to go with getting the hostages back, they wouldn't have bombed the crap outta the place the hostages were.
By their actions they haven’t done much to get hostages back imo
That is a long, overdue statement.
And yet, I fear that Iran will take a step to answer the bombing at a critical time, just before cease fire would be my guess.
In my opinion, the battle cries of Avengers Assemble, flame on and others like it are now joined by the most effective one to date: no malarkey!
Thanks for the coverage Beau. The only Biden foreign policy news that hit my feed was Japan and cherry blossom trees.
Good morning Beau and internet folks.
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I am really looking forward to this crisis being over. Mostly because i want the suffering to end but also because i am really interested in finding out what has been going on in negotiations behind the scenes.
The way I've always seen previous cease fires in this region, they were always ended by excuses of one side breaking it thus a response HAD to happen. I would not doubt if Israel got their people back from Hamas, Netanyahu would resume his campaign of obliterating Palestinians so Israel could claim the territory. And I could see Hamas trying to do things to "encourage" Israeli forces to move back. Not that their actions have done anything but give Israel excuses to attack Palestinians. The whole thing is a mess and no one wants to back off until they've avenged the wrongs done to their side, even if it's making more wrongs to get revenge for.
Yea, that's the way of things now. That's why it's so important to know who threw the first punch in 1947, and who has paid the highest price by far ever since. That doesn't mean I don't know that the Palestinian and Israeli people are generally both victims. Clearly netanyahu and hamas are on the same side: the wrong side.
@@aylbdrmadison1051i m not sure keeping in mind who started is relevant after a certain time. 1947, in other words 80 years ago… people did not think the same way, did not know what we know about the world and other cultures because media and communications changed a lot. New generations sure as hell do not see the world the same way a 70 or 80 year olds do. Your country is not like it was in the early 50s, nor is mine (well some in the US try to go back to that but thats another story).
It s as if European countries were begrudging one another still now from the World Wars wrong doings.
The hostage being “lost somewhere” is mindblowing to say the least. You need them to negotiate but you have clue where they all are? The two leading sides are doing harm to the both populations. I’m not sure they are really informed of what is being done by both sides. It s a good exemple of minority rules because the majority on both side wanted just to live quietly. Sometimes to have peace you must give up on revenge, or else it s an endless cycle that benefit a tiny minority.
@@katrin712 There was a comic done on a fantasy world of a war between orcs and elves that had lasted for a thousand years. Scholars on both sides researched their histories to determine "who threw the first punch" and what that punch was because no one could remember who started the war. Turned out someone played a prank (like whoopie cushion on the throne level) and it had escalated from there.
@@Tiewaz and yet, no one wanted to give up on the war even though they did not remember who started for fear of being seen as weak…
“Leaders” wanting to look strong cost every years thousands if not millions of lives… feels like they ll never learn
@@katrin712 Pride goeth before the fall. If people could just swallow their pride for the good of the children so they could live lives of peace...
On a similar, yet consequentially different subject, I have devoted a fair amount of study to the psychology of addictions…. Drugs are not the only source.
Perhaps the only addictive something that should be criminalized (as the result of its rarity combined with the resulting harm) is Authority?
I still can’t seem to understand. One wants permanent cease fire, the other wants hostages released. I admit I am obviously no foreign policy expert, but why wouldn’t,
‘Hey, we will cease fire today, release all hostages today’.
Look I recognize that neither of these sides trust each other, but they will never progress until they learn how to try.
The problem is Netanyahu gets removed from power and likely tossed in jail shortly after a permanent ceasefire. He has no incentive to end the bombing and is therefore not negotiating in good faith. He doesn't give af about the hostages.
Biden couldn't possibly have had a senior moment and committed the atrocity of actually speaking his mind.😅😅😅
Who says that wars aren't fought at the negotiating table.
I recently spoke to an Israeli -American friend who is generally extremely pro-Palestinian, anti-war, and anti-Bibi, to the point that they've stopped identifying themself as Israeli or Jewish to deliberately distance themself from Bibi's war crimes (they just call themself "Middle Eastern" now).
The way my friend explained it, most Israelis (even the staunchly anti-war ones) can't stomach calls for "unconditional ceasefire" because it comes across as "we want you to sacrifice your loved ones with no guarantee that this won't happen again in the future". It might be the only area left where most Israelis actually support Bibi's actions, and Bibi not caving on that point might be the only thing keeping him in power. I don't know how the US is going to overcome that.
Respectfully i would ask you friend to try and see it from the other side. Why ask them to give up just about the only card they are holding for only a brief pause in the fighting?
@@benik3297 My friend accepts the Palestinian side of the argument. They're also only one person and don't live in Israel anymore. Like Beau said, it's "unstoppable force meets immovable object".
Seems like the main issue is trust. Neither side can trust the other. What does Israel lose by allowing the aid in? I would think allowing aid in would at least be a start in building trust between the two sides and then peace negotiations could move forward.
I don't think Netenyahu is concerned about winning their trust. He just wants to win the war
@@AuntieMamies He does want the hostages back though. He needs their trust in order to achieve that.
@@AuntieMamiesYes exactly. Tho his winning goal equates no Palestine, period. Auntie, check out the Grayzone video very mini documentary on what they've been doing to the Christian Armenians quarter, been there since ad400's of East Jerusalem while Gaza takes most of media focus! Prepare for further heartbreak in disgust. The famous ww2 "First they came for... poem applicable. 😮
The they I refer to is both military and settlers...
@@xenosaga8436 No he doesn't. He wants the hostages to disappear without trace so he can keep using them as an excuse for genocide.
Sounds like a warning shot.
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I don't know either. It's far outside of what we've seen brought to the table so far.
I just hope we get a ceasefire soon as I worry that we are already past the window for peace.
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Thx Beau 🌿 As I understand it, from other global media, Hamas does not have 40 hostages to swap for hundreds of Palestinians.
not true they stated they can not locate hostages that meet the criteria required...plus logistically they are under attack and the hostages are held by many different groups.... communication is difficult many might be dead but with communication down it is tough to confirm...Hamas doesn't want to release idf until they must
@@jgaffney567 Agreed. They do not have enough hostages that meet the criteria.
Peace in the Middle East. Hm. While Biden is President? Man, that'd be something.
Dare we hope that it's cards on the table time in the international poker game?
I read this morning that Hamas doesn't have the 40 hostages to release as needed to keep negotiations moving.
This is just my opinion and I'm sure others have a better one but I would go with the short cease fire in hopes to get them to the table to talk peace. They can always extend it as need be.
All while that's going on flood the zone with medical supplies and food and water.
I know the cease fire could end at anytime, but at least it created a window to get food and supplies in.
Saw a news article about the Palestine side not having the hostages to give to the Israel side. That seems concerning.
I’m 100% on not allowing Gaza to starve.
They had announced difficulties in tracking down groups that were holding hostages towards the end of the iffy ceasefire that came to an early end when they were unable to readily produce the intended numbers of hostages.
@@angelikalindenau943i can imagine the difficulties in combing through the rubble to find the hostages.
Netanyahu overplayed his hand is what it sounds like to me, and now he's ticked off the US delegation to the point that they're no longer willing to be as publicly supportive. But i know less than you do, so it's just my opinion, man.
Vercingetorix: "We will never back down. Even if we're hungry." Caesar: " Don't worry.....we'll send food in ASAP. But you better surrender soon." lol
The Stewart/Amanpour interview was outstanding!
Read “Shaking hands with the Devil” by Romeo D’Allaird. He was the general in charge of UN Peacekeepers during the Rwandan genocide. He and his people suffered with PTSD for decades because they were hamstrung by the powers in charge.
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It's most likely talk for the voters.
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So the holdup is over a lack of trust. Who’d have thought?
There are times i want to hug your mind. I guess that means I want to thank you in some way that is extra special and you understand my gratitude is beyond mere words. It's selfish of course. I don't want you to ever stop delivering your educated thoughts about the world I'm not even an after thought in. Thank you. Edit: And thank you to the person(s) who wrote those questions and sent them to you.
Thanks Beau.
Thank you for keeping us updated.
I believe I saw this on the Lincoln Project
I think Biden is airing that because he's sick of Yahu's crap and their lack of action.
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"Anyway it's just a thought, y'all have a good day." 2nd time it made in this channel since I've been watching. I watch all the content on both channels so this is always gonna stand out to me.
More importantly, keep up the great work brother. You are a journalistic gem in today's racing for clicks environment! Thank you!
The deadlock in negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians, centered around a ceasefire tied to hostage release, appears shortsighted - or perhaps intentional.
If not all hostages are freed by the agreed date, the ceasefire collapses, making the pact essentially temporary. This suggests a focus on immediate issues or semantics rather than the long-term goal of peace.
Strategic foresight and clear objectives are crucial to prevent undermining the very ceasefire both sides seek. Or, someone is negotiating in bad faith.
After watching more of the video...
Beau's surprise at Biden's announcement of Israel's unilateral 8-week ceasefire for humanitarian aid underscores a broader oversight of the power dynamics at play. This move, unexpected to some, actually reflects a clear-eyed recognition of Israel's decisive control over ceasefire decisions. Without the usual diplomatic preambles, Biden's straightforward announcement might seem unconventional, but it highlights a pragmatic approach to addressing the humanitarian needs in the conflict. It suggests that acknowledging and acting upon the reality of power disparities could lead to meaningful steps toward easing tensions.
This all comes down to the simple dynamics of power: If Israel, the aggressor now, declared a ceasefire, Palestine could adhere to it or not. If not, that would end the ceasefire and wouldn't be on Israel.
Thank you Team Beau.
That actually goes along with some news I was reading this morning that there may not be enough hostages still alive to do the ceasefire that Netanyahu has been talking about. In that case, it would take a unilateral ceasefire to get the aid in (for humanitarian reasons.) If Hamas doesn't have the hostages (either because they are dead or because they've been handed over to other "organizations"), then they won't want the world to know they've lost their bargaining chips. They won't agree to anything but to get their way entirely (since then they can say "We tried but they wouldn't give us what we asked for" rather than "We don't have any bargaining chips but we don't want to give in.")
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It's a bit hard to figure what additional measure of "urgency" is necessary -- or even helpful -- to bringing this to resolution.
And, yes, it's hard to believe that Biden is saying ANYTHING here that hasn't already been communicated to Netanyahu.
Lastly...
...the one thing, above all else, that draws me to this channel is the frequent notation that there ARE things that we... just... don't... know.
Sadly, that's increasingly rare these days.
This arrogance of certainty is pandemic.
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Seems like good news. Thanks Beau
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Exactly 10 minutes? Sounds like a conspiracy!
Could Biden be threatening to cancel the plane order behind closed doors? “Those planes aren’t built yet, I could cancel the order.”
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i always knew President Biden was way more critical of bibi behind the scenes, as an effective POTUS should be, making negotiations public isn't always helpful.
Putting out such a bold statement... and then have it happen! -could be "just" a campaign tactic from the Biden camp, couldn't it? I mean, I'll take it, and be grateful too, if it's already a done deal, but politics has become such a media game, even the Dems might try it. It would generate some "Strong Leader TM" vibes on the forums, and have the added benefit of actually being accurate.
Both sides are hung up by "hostage diplomaticy". This appears to be the secondary (if not primary) tactic in all future low intensity conflicts. I wonder if there is any strategic planning (or theorizing) about how to deal with this.
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