Biden indicates ceasefire possible in Gaza before Trump inauguration

On Tuesday, negotiators convened in Qatar with the aim of finalizing an agreement to bring an end to the conflict in Gaza, following indications from U.S. President Joe Biden that a ceasefire and hostage release arrangement could be on the horizon. High-ranking officials from the Biden administration expressed optimism that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas could potentially be reached before Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, especially given reports of advancements in the urgent negotiations by the Israeli government.

Reuters reports that Majed Al-Ansari, spokesperson for Qatar’s foreign ministry, stated during a press conference that discussions regarding the final terms were in progress and that this represented the most significant progress towards a deal achieved in recent months.

During midday talks in Doha, Qatar, negotiators—including Steve Witkoff, the appointed Middle East envoy for President-elect Donald Trump, as well as representatives from the U.S., Israel, and various Arab nations—collaborated to finalize the draft of an agreement, as confirmed by Arab officials involved in mediating the discussions.

The most recent bout in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine began in October 2023.

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15 Comments

  1. Labour power
    January 15, 2025

    If I knew MEME personally I would kiss the guy.Chien(DOG)is evil, demonic and a liar,before 1948 there was no State of Israel,So if Israel was not a state how was Israel a part of the Ottoman empire?Before 1948 Israel was a people,occupying Palestinian lands.It is the great Satan USA and Uk who made the state of Israel,that is why the USA is supporting Israel in the genocide of the Palestinian people.Chien Bondieu(DOG)is brainwashed and a messenger of lies and misinformation.The UN know Israel is occupying Palestinian lands and murdering them by the thousands in their own land.You DOG should be ashamed of yourself for posting that garbage.

  2. TeteMorne I from
    January 15, 2025

    Dominica has bigger fish to fry than worry about what Biden is doing in America. In a few days, grandpa Biden will be free from elderly abuse.

    • smh
      January 15, 2025

      DNO is anti-Trump so they have to post anything even slightly relevant that puts him in a negative light. They could have just said that the ceasefire could be reached “soon” but they had to find a way to relate it to Trump, implicity contrasting what MIGHT happen under Biden to the efforts the incoming Trump administration has been making to try to solve the problem that BIDEN created. But guess what I hope they are right because that is one less thing Trump will have to deal with on his quest to make america great again.

      • Wake Up
        January 16, 2025

        What’s is in your cool-aide. Biden has been negotiating over six month. It just came into fruition. My goodness what is so good about TRUMP but evil. Look and you will see. He will cast Dominica in the Hell holes country also not enough white. Give honor to whom it is due. Trump Rhetoric did not change Hamas action. The complete credit goes to Biden administration. Trump is a DOUCHE. Wake up Trumpers we will see what he and Elon Musk dish you. Bon Voyage

        • TeteMorne I From
          January 20, 2025

          It’s Kool Aid :mrgreen: if you’re going to play part teacher.

  3. Ibo France
    January 14, 2025

    Bringing an abrupt halt to the extensive destruction of infrastructure, the cessation of wanton loss of lives and limbs, an end to the displacement of millions of residents, will be of utmost assuagement.

    However, Benjamin Netanyahu and members of the hierarchy of his government should be prosecuted for genocide. Despite the talk of peace, Israel still continue its carpet bombing of Gaza this very day. Refugee camps were the target.

    Israelis who are implicated in this wholesale massacre should be treated like lepers by
    the rest of the civil world.

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    • Chien Bondieu
      January 15, 2025

      Ibo! You’re on the wrong side of history and I strongly disagree with you. Islam has no intention whatsoever of making peace or living in peace with Israel. It is a tenet of the Muslim faith that any conquered country, should always be Islam. Israel was once part of the Ottoman Empire and to Islam, it must have remained part of their empire. Any other arrangement is untenable.
      However, after approximately 49 generations, 1948 years, God has reconstituted the Nation of Israel but not without creating a superpower to protect it. America only became a superpower in 1945 after the demise of Germany and Japan in the Second World War. Israel was reconstituted in 1948, three years later. To emphasize God’s Majesty over the protection of Israel, the US candidate for president who most strongly supported Israel defeated his opponent, from Truman to Trump. Therefore, if you have political aspirations, which I hope you do, do Ibo a favor and change your tone.

      • MEME
        January 15, 2025

        @Chien Satan
        Stop your garbage, you fervent accomplice of evil.. You are simply a satanic supporter of criminality, to be supporting the murdering, raping, sodomising, killing of innocent children, etc, etc,, etc, being done by Israel and America. Your God is one of preference?. He loves some people and hate others? My God has no preference?
        Your Wicked Soul.
        Satan….I rebuke you!

        • Chien Bondieu
          January 15, 2025

          God formed a nation to receive Him. A nation whose language He would speak, a nation whose culture He would adopt, a nation whose food He would eat, a nation whose religious traditions and beliefs He would participate in. Of all the nations of the earth He formed Israel for that purpose. 5 times in Genesis, five times He told Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that through them all nations shall be blessed. Genesis 12,18, 22, 26 and 28. He also promised to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel. Israel is the seed of Christianity, the foundation stone of Christianity which has brought redemption to the world. Thanks be to God for Israel and may their enemies be His.

          • Eagle-Eyed
            January 16, 2025

            @Chien (dog) bondieu. You are a perfect example why religion is a curse on this world, and that’s why I’m an atheist. You use religion and the bible to condone evil based on your interpretation of the bible and on the other hand condemn the victims of this evil. The modern day settler apartheid colony called Israel, is not the Israel of 2000 years ago which was supposed to be a beacon of hope for mankind. This place is a bastion of evil and supported by some of the most evil politicians and white supremacist Christian religious maniacs in America and Europe. You are a fool to get sucked in by this tripe.

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    • Wake Up
      January 16, 2025

      Teach them the truth Sir. Ibo.

  4. Labour power
    January 14, 2025

    Biden should be jailed for commiting crimes against humanity. A $50,000,000 bounty should be put on his head for for supplying Israel with arms and ammunition to murder more than 45,000 innocent men,women and children.Every church that support what Israel is doing to the Palestians are demonic,cursed and tormented.

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    • MEME
      January 15, 2025

      @Labour power
      You are so so so so so so correct. I don’t even comment AGAIN on how criminal Biden is, and by extension America, because DNO won’t publish it.
      I am always saying that this scamp called Joe Biden should be in jail.

  5. Hmmmmmmmm
    January 14, 2025

    How many wars was this elderly man involved in?
    his proxy war in Ukraine
    his proxy war in Gaza and in Lebanon. And some people hypocritically thought that the Democratic party would win? Millions of people vote on just one issue, foreign policy. Biden’s foreign policy was a dirty mess left behind for Trump to deal with.

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    • Wake Up
      January 16, 2025

      Trump inherit a very good America from Obama It looked like he did good for his first four years in office. Obama left him with a surplus and a clean state. Now he promised the American people that Groceries and other stuff will go down. With the Tariff he is instilling it is not possible. Let us wait and see. Elon Musk invested so much on Trump campaign and after the election he gained 20 billion. They are in it for that filthy lucre. It is all about money and money is Power. We hate decency. Biden is. We hate morals. we prefer someone who would send mercenaries to FIGHT AS HELL because he lost and election. January 6 will never go well with me.

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