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Headline Roundup June 3rd, 2024

Will Biden's Ceasefire Plan End Hostilities Between Israel and Hamas?

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Is President Joe Biden’s plan to end hostilities between Israel and Hamas a good deal, and will both sides accept the ceasefire proposal?

From the Left: A writer in CNN Opinion (Left bias) speculated that both sides accepting the deal is  “far from a certainty,” adding, “The fact that the terms of the deal were announced could even be a bad sign, since in sensitive negotiations terms are often kept secret until there is a firm deal.” Despite arguing that both sides have reason to prolong war and there remain numerous signs that a ceasefire is not in sight, the writer determined Biden’s plan “is well-constructed to achieve an immediate ceasefire and build on that for a lasting cessation of hostilities,” concluding, “the enemy of the perfect deal is not the reasonably OK deal. And this is a sufficiently OK deal for both sides.”

From the Right: The New York Post Editorial Board (Right bias) described Biden’s foreign policy stance by stating, “America will help its allies fight back fiercely — as long as they don’t cause their enemies too much damage,” arguing this is a “clear recipe for losing and has already proved a tragic failure” in other ongoing conflicts. The board goes on to argue that Biden is working to hinder Israel’s fight against Hamas, “All because some privileged teens started calling him Genocide Joe and demanding a ‘free Palestine’ and anti-Israel voters threatened to stay home in November.”

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From the Left
This deal can end the war in Gaza
This deal can end the war in Gaza

Enas Rami/AP

Opinion

It’s taken more than half a year, but, finally, President Joe Biden has publicly unveiled an Israeli plan that could end the bloodshed in Gaza.

Generally, there are two ways to make peace; one is the total capitulation of the enemy, which happened after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan surrendered, so ending World War II. The other is that the combatants recognize a “mutually hurting stalemate” as a prelude to making a deal, which is surely where we are in Gaza today.

But getting...

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From the Center
What's in the new Israel ceasefire proposal Biden announced?
What's in the new Israel ceasefire proposal Biden announced?

REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

News

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday laid out a three-phase ceasefire proposal from Israel to Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to end the war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis.

The offer calls for a ceasefire, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the reconstruction of Gaza.

A senior U.S. official said the four-and-a-half page plan had been sent to Hamas for review on Thursday, and that it was "almost identical" to a proposal the militant group had already accepted. Prime Minister...

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From the Right
Biden backs US allies fighting for their lives — as long as they don’t fight too hard
Biden backs US allies fighting for their lives — as long as they don’t fight too hard

REUTERS

Opinion

President Biden has made his view on responding to foreign attacks painfully clear: America will help its allies fight back fiercely — as long as they don’t cause their enemies too much damage.

Wouldn’t want to risk escalating the situation, don’t you know.

It’s a clear recipe for losing and has already proved a tragic failure with foes like Russia, Iran, China, Hamas, the Taliban . . . .

Worst of all, it guarantees the one thing Biden supposedly fears most: more warfare.

Take Russia. Biden backs Ukraine in its...

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