Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line

    • mwguy
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      8 months ago

      The hostages are a group that’s assumed to be complete. That’s like if someone stole your tires off your car and offered to give “your tires” back to you but only 2 of the 4. People assume they offered all the tires if the headline doesn’t say otherwise.

      If you include the partial hostage release, it essentially robs the story as it’s clear why you wouldn’t do a deal for some of the hostages. Making any deal for some of the hostages is stupid.

      • المنطقة عكف عفريت@lemmy.worldOP
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        8 months ago

        I think this is dumb. The title didn’t say all hostages. The article didn’t say all hostages. You invented this in your own head then decided to build an argument around it.

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          8 months ago

          I mean future articles covering it have said things like “Ceasefire for $x hostages rejected” for exactly this reason.