Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will only agree to a partial deal with Hamas that allows him to restart the assault after a pause to exchange hostages. The remarks show that Netanyahu is unwilling to sign on to an agreement proposed by President Joe Biden.
On Sunday night, speaking with Channel 14, Netanyahu said he was “prepared to make a partial deal — this is no secret — that will return to us some of the people.” He continued, “But we are committed to continuing the war after a pause, in order to complete the goal of eliminating Hamas. I’m not willing to give up on that.”
An official who spoke with Channel 12, conveyed the partial deal is the best offer Hamas will get from Tel Aviv. “The mediators are unable to convey the idea to Hamas that there will be no better deal than the one proposed by Israel,” the source explained. “We have reached a situation where there is no movement. Israel has gone as far as it can go. President Biden has adopted the proposal.”
However, Netanyahu’s temporary pause is a rejection of the three-phase deal that Biden proposed at the end of May that the president claimed originated in Tel Aviv. That agreement would see a ceasefire for negotiations and a hostage exchange. Phases two and three of the Biden deal call for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, a permanent end to the fighting, and the rebuilding of the Strip.
Biden’s proposal resembles one put forward by Hamas months ago. The Palestinian group said it viewed the White House’s offer positively but sought to amend the deal to make the Israeli concessions more concrete. Both Tel Aviv and Washington have continued to present Hamas as the barrier to achieving an agreement.
Netanyahu’s remarks come amid a rift between Washington and Tel Aviv. The Israeli prime minister has criticized Washington several times over the past week for slowing down weapons shipments to Tel Aviv. US officials explained on Sunday that they had removed the expedited process for shipping weapons to Israel that was put in place after October 7.
Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have stated that Tel Aviv is planning to reduce military operations in Gaza sometime soon. However, Israel may want to keep a faster pace of weapons shipments coming from the US as it may escalate the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest.
And yet Blinken says Hamas should just say "yes" to their own demise. But I guess that would be typical of a man who wouldn't know diplomacy if it bit him on the ass.
He descended into his position kissing *ass and lapping up turds left behind by who could promote him.
They still have the colossal nerve to keep using the term, or referring to themselves as "diplomats". Taking the concept of the word "Orwellian" to new heights (or is it "depths").
Never ceases to amaze how he wags the dog with such assurance, presumes upon US billions and press cover. The only thing I can think of to account for Biden's abject slavishnes is the Epstein tapes.
I notice mainstream media coverage is down, with opportunity to comment on many stories denied.
They know. They are hiding from what they know.
It will catch up to Genocide Joe and those covering for him.
Or the truthtellers will be punished. See Assange. What they are trying to do to Grayzone, etc.
Tune into Judging Freedom with Judge Napitalano. His guests are remarkable. Did you know that a guy named Feith had Mossad agents, and several IDF Generals IN THE PENTAGON, WITH NO CHECKS ON THEIR I.D., NO RUN THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR??? youtube: Judging Freedom: https://www.youtube.com/live/IaKDlJfcZVY the discussion about the incident begins at the 16:13 moment.
Add Dialog works and electronic intifada and gray zone.
Anywhere I see "Comments Disabled" – CBC, MSN, Yahoo News – you know it's a topic with Only One Permissible Opinion and the editors know the majority of responses won't be it.
DUH! Is anyone surprised?
"Netanyahu’s remarks come amid a rift between Washington and Tel Aviv."
Once again, there IS NO RIFT. This is all theater to get the blame for the upcoming wider Middle East war placed on one side or the other. Netanyahu wants the US blamed, the US wants Netanyahu blamed.
The main point: BOTH want the war to happen. They just want it to happen so that they personally are not blamed for it. This is the way ALL wars start: the rulers need to blame the enemy to try to prevent their electorate from blaming them for the negative consequences of the war on the electorate.
Am shocked!!! Shocked!!!
25 minutes of combat footage from Gaza from last few months:
https://x.com/warfareanalysis/status/1770385828935618619
reach your own conclusions
It seems obvious that Netanyahu won't stop until Hamas is ousted. This isn't even news.
Right, it isn't news, it's what Netanyahu has said all along. It's just a reminder that Blinken was full of shit when he said Hamas just had to say "yes".
Bibi will have his brave army do more of this: https://countercurrents.org/2024/06/gaza-under-the-bombs-with-24-killed-in-al-shati-camp/ click on the video. Be sure to keep the volume on to hear the screams of the children.
No thanks. I can't stomach that.
We’ll never know about that because Hamas will never say “yes.”
We are being ruled by a leading totally dehumanized bankrupt elite of idiots. Not one of them in Tel Aviv and Washington has any character and honor, not a shred of human decency. What motivates them? Are they sadistic, power hungry megalomaniacs? They must find satisfaction to have the power to wipe out nations and to kill millions of people, women and children included. How insane to push for more war with Iran, China, and Russia.
Like the rulers in Russia and China are wonderful.
Leaders of both are head and shoulders above what we got in D.C. now.
Sure, if you like leaders that kill their political rivals.
Much smarter but no more moral. Does China really need to gobble Taiwan?
If he really turns his attention to Lebanon, he will set off things that will mean destruction across Israel. Hezbollah, along with others sympathetic to the cause may join up, then invade Israel. G-d help the Israelis if Hezbollah rockets hit ammonia or chlorine plants. Video of critical areas in Israel (just 9 minutes of more footage) gave targeting information. Our "advisers" on the ground will be targets. To prevent U.S. attacks launched from carriers, Hezbollah might hit them with precision rockets. Things may get FUBAR real quick.
Imagine, imagine the US embarrassment and the Hezbollese morale victory if Hez could sink a vaunted USA aircraft carrier. I doubt it possible, but to think … !
And what would the USA do if that did happen? With Biden, not much.
If enough Israelis are killed,certain enemy cities be fused.Even a wiser Israeli president canot allow his northern cities to be bombed.
It is going to happen.
Probably. And when Israel hits back out will come the genocide chant.
'To prevent U.S. attacks launched from carriers, Hezbollah might hit them with precision rockets" Hitting a well defended moving aircraft carrier with land based rockets is not easy. And if by luck they do, Biden will be forced to retaliate. Of course his counter strike will be weak.
Netanyahu Rejects Any Deal That Leads to Permanent End to Genocide on Gaza
Not much of a partner for peace there.
Lol, and since Netty intends to be in Gaza "the day after" the broad agreement about not defeating Hamas fits the plan. After all Israel has to have 'security' control over the occupied territories, ideas need to be stomped out before they spread 🙂
much as I have sympathy for Tom hand and his family and understand he's angry but when he says “All they (Hamas) have to do is hand over the hostages and the war is over" well he's wrong, does he not know that ? As Netanyahu makes clear here and he made this clear before Hand's statement Israel won't end the war even if the hostages are released – presumably making it much less likely they will be released except by military rescues. we won't get anywhere by inventing "facts".
Hand over the hostages. Die anyway. Israel leaders now say they will take out Hezbollah. Hezbollah knows where critical areas are. Hit the electrical grid. Hit the ammonia and chlorine plants. Hit bases. Invade. Other groups are pouring in to assist in the fight. Things are going FUBAR.
And when Israel hits back hard what than. Invade. Israel would love that. Killing Hezbollah out in the open would be very easy for the IAF.
Again, Timothy. This is not the Napoleonic War era and you look stupid expecting vastly undergunned enemies to line up & wait for your superior forces to easily mulch them from low orbit.
It's not a war it's a false flag ignighted genocide like what the Nazis did to the Jews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are no false flags here-it is quite obvious what is going on. Hamas did a pogrom on oct 7,and Hez is doing a pincer movement from the north,all at the behest of their masters.
Israel will NEVER be forgiven for what they've done to innocent, defenseless people and its actions make what Hamas ALLEGEDLY did on October 7 pale in comparison!
Hamas is the one who put those "innocent and defenseless" people in harms way when they chose to build their forts underground. All war is ugly and urban warfare is very bad. If Hamas did not attack those people would still be alive. But they did. Sinwar view is that their death is a necessary sacrifice.
"chose to build their forts underground".
Well, Timothy, floating sky-castles are nightmarishly expensive, underwater is Aquaman's domain, and building anything on the surface of Gaza gets it F**KING BOMBED by the IDF.
You saying NORAD's built on stilts on open ground in Kansas ? Get it together, Major Burns. We already don't take Joke seriously, cut your bizarre alliance with him & come to reason.
Tim,
The ICJ didn’t buy your pro-genocide argument
Who cares?
Who cares ?
The international community
Its better to be alive and hated,than dead and pitied. No one needs to be forgiven for self defense.
Funny, didn't you tell me the other day it'd be better for the Israeli hostages to be dead than to live in Hamassian custody for an extended period of time ???
No, I did not.
You said "I hope not,but many will be kept in captivity like the US MIAs,for decades,until they die"
I replied "Just to be clear tho, they'll be ALIVE, right ? "Dead but free" is kind of a tremendously stupid goal or life-aspiration."
Then you didn't reply so it strongly implied you meant it'd be better if they died.
See, you really should engage in conversation instead of dropping infantile, pithy non-liners.
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/06/18/idf-approves-operational-plans-for-offensive-in-lebanon/
Also, Joke, your callous war-crime-seekin' desire to nerve-gas the Hamassian tunnels regardless of who or what is down there, makes it EVIDENT you view the hostages as a cause for war, not a cause for concern.
This: countercurrent.or: https://countercurrents.org/2024/06/gaza-under-the-bombs-with-24-killed-in-al-shati-camp/click on the video. It is an example of the benevolence of the Zionists. There Jews in Israel and about who disavow actions like this.
Dreaming with authority…!
Even Benny's psychiatrist, Moshe Yatom, wrote in his suicide note “Robbery is redemption, apartheid is freedom, peace activists are terrorists, murder is self-defense, piracy is legality, Palestinians are Jordanians, annexation is liberation, there’s no end to his contradictions. Freud promised rationality would reign in the instinctual passions, but he never met Bibi Netanyahu. This guy would say Gandhi invented brass knuckles.”
Psychiatrists prescribe happy pills, right? B-B-B-Benny's off his meds
As if things can't get worse, the Biden old fool afmin. Has been supporting the Israeli genocide of mostly women & children by sending them 2 & 5 thousand bombs to drop on them. Maybe it will make the world want to buy American& & Israeli products and end any support for BDS movement. I don't think so…… DO YOU…????
1947: Rabbi [Yehuda Leib] Fischmann, member of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, in his testimony before a UN special committee, "The Promised Land extends from the River of Egypt up to the Euphrates, it includes part of Syria and Lebanon."