{"id":5224,"date":"2023-11-15T09:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5224"},"modified":"2023-11-27T23:48:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T05:48:36","slug":"5224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/11\/15\/5224\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Some comments.\u00a0 First, it would be for only some of the hostages.\u00a0 Second, and noteworthy, it would be \u201cone-for-one\u201d, in other words an Israeli life would have the same worth as a Palestinian life.\u00a0 Also, it is a women and children deal only, which is some of the worst optics for Hamas of the Iranian-planned Oct. 7 attacks.\u00a0 \u201cNegotiations for a deal are underway, with the various players working on a framework of an agreement, according to the two Israeli officials, who are involved in the Israeli effort to release the hostages through a deal, as well as a third with knowledge of the matter. Under the proposal, Hamas would release 50 women and children abducted during the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks for roughly the same number of Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons.\u201d\u00a0 See “Israel and Hamas Appear to Be Near Hostage Deal, Officials Say,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 11-15-23.\u00a0 Last, at both the Free Palestine (Nov. 4) and the March for Israel (Nov. 14) events in D.C., only the second event stressed releasing the (Israeli) hostages–why did the first protest not emphasize releasing persons in Israeli custody?<\/p>\n

I post this because I try to cover all news of Iran, even if I don\u2019t believe the story.\u00a0 It is part of my methodology for this blog, that I present\u00a0the news as Iran itself reports, as others report, and as I interpret it.\u00a0 With regard to this particular story, first, nothing that is said by the Supreme Leader can be taken at face value, based on track record.\u00a0 Second, it could be a planted story by Iran, to persuade Israel to let its guard down.\u00a0 Third, I don\u2019t put much credence in this report because Iran has directed its proxies to attack the U.S. over 50 times since Oct. 7.\u00a0 Fourth, the WSJ (no was has refuted their story yet) reported the planning meetings before Oct. 7 by Hamas and Iran in Lebanon, involving two right hand men of the Ayatollah, the FM and the head of Hamas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Last, Iran does not want to fight an open war, it knows it will lose.\u00a0 See \u201cReport: Khamenei told Haniyeh that Iran will not directly enter war,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 11-15-23. \u00a0The short article recites, \u201cAccording to a report in Reuters, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh earlier this month:\u00a0 You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 attack on Israel and we will not enter the war on your behalf. The Reuters report cites \u201cthree senior officials\u201d as saying that Khamenei told Haniyeh that while Iran would offer political support to Hamas, it would not \u201cintervene directly.\u201d The Iranian leader reportedly asked Haniyeh to \u201csilence those voices\u201d in Hamas who are calling for Iran and Hezbollah to directly join the war against Israel \u201cin full force.\u201d\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s nuclear enrichment advances as it stonewalls UN, IAEA reports show,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 11-15-23.<\/p>\n

Quote of the Day:\u00a0 \u201cWe must deny these terror groups Iran’s resources by permanently freezing the $6B in Qatar, $10B in Iraq, and enforcing sanctions for China’s purchases of Iranian oil,\u201d said Senator Jim Risch, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.\u00a0 Why would Pres. Biden now, after some 10 Americans remain in captivity by Iran\u2019s orders in Gaza, give access to another $10B?\u00a0 See \u201cBiden Allows Iran to Access Another $10 Billion Amid Gaza War,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 11-15-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran increases stockpile of near weapon-grade uranium by 5%,\u201d<\/a> Spokesman-Review, 11-15-23.<\/p>\n

\u201c300 Arrested in Mixed-Gender Party in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Iran Wire, 11-15-23.\u00a0 If this had been Hamas with a green light to not just arrest, but to murder at a giant party (ironically for freedom), think what could have happened ….<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian law enforcement \u2026 freed Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally recognized human rights lawyer who was imprisoned for more than two weeks \u2026 while attending the funeral of Armita Garawand, who activists say was beaten to death by Tehran’s morality police.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cHuman Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Freed in Iran,\u201d<\/a> VOA, 11-15-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some comments.\u00a0 First, it would be for only some of the hostages.\u00a0 Second, and noteworthy, it would be \u201cone-for-one\u201d, in other words an Israeli life would have the same worth as a Palestinian life.\u00a0 Also, it is a women and children deal only, which is some of the worst optics for Hamas of the Iranian-planned … <\/p>\n

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