Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an outline for a potential hostage deal with Hamas that was drawn up by Israel’s Mossad spy agency, the Shin Bet security agency, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
According to The Times of Israel, the proposal was put together by Mossad chief David Barnea, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, and Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, an IDF officer in charge of intelligence efforts to find Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Details of the outline are unclear, but it was likely a response to Hamas’s recent counteroffer for a 135-day truce to facilitate the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and a permanent ceasefire.
The proposal was discussed with Netanyahu several times, including during a prepatory meeting for hostage deal talks in Egypt that were held on Tuesday and attended by Barnea, CIA chief William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, and Egyptian officials.
The Times report said Netanyahu declined to present the new outline for a hostage deal at the talks and told Barnea to “only listen” and not put forward any new ideas. Netanyahu publicly rejected Hamas’s latest offer and said “total victory” was the only option for Israel, and he is now preparing an invasion of Rafah.
According to President Biden, the deal that’s on the table involves a six-week truce, but it’s unclear if Hamas is receptive to the idea. A Hamas official speaking to AFP signaled the Palestinian group was still looking for a permanent ceasefire, saying Hamas was awaiting the outcome of the Cairo talks and was “open to discussing any initiative that achieves an end to aggression and war.”
“The proposal was discussed with Netanyahu several times, including during a predatory meeting for hostage deal talks. . .”
I’m guessing that a typo misspelling of “preparatory” created an opportunity for autocorrection to make an interesting change.
If Israel bombs the Palestinian tent compound (concentration camp), thousands are killed, along with further attacks on Lebanon and Jordan, would it compel Hezbollah to launch a massive rocket attack on Tel Aviv, perhaps hitting plants that manufacture clorine and bleach. If Egyptians are injured, will all bets be off then? What about American forces in Iraq, Syria, and other ME countries? Authorities there will hold their military at bay, but can they hold the people at bay?
Egypt is tired of fighting wars for others,it economy is being supportedd by 3 billion from the US every year.
Netanyahu won’t stop until someone stops him. The US won’t stop him. But someone will.
Israelis, eventually, but it might be too late by then
(for both Israelis and Palestinians).
The Israelis stopping Netanyahu would be a fu@king miracle bigger than Jesus’ miracles–bigger than the Big Bang.
Many Israelis who once idolized Netanyahu now see him as a week liar who allowed Israel to be handed its worst defeat since the 73′ October war.
regime changes started over much less.
Hundreds of thousands protested his attack on a free Judiciary..
The tragedy (among many, many tragedies) is that both Bibi and Sinwar have a personal interest in keeping this war.
Bibi knows that the second a deal is reached and IDF troops are out of Gaza, The Israelis will have his (political) head, this will follow by resuming his corruption trial (and maybe a future visit to Hague..)
Sinwar knows that the war ends with his death, exile or capture (with a possible Hague sit next to Bibi).
Neither of them want the war to end and damn the will of their people.
The Internal Turmoil…! The butcher crime minister days are numbered…!
And this is why the war goes on.
Once the Israelis don’t have a war to distract them.
They’ll turn on Bibi.
He will go down in history as one of the worst leaders Israel ever had.
I also should add to my post below, the last avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, is also supposed to appear on a white horse with sword, like Christ, to defeat the demons, banish evil and usher in a new age (yuga) of peace for humanity.
Right now, all three Abrahamic God religions are expecting a messiah: The Jewish Messiah; Return of the Christian Messiah, i.e. Christ; and the Islamic Mahdi. All three are supposed to come along with lots of trouble in the world.