A senior Israeli official has told Al-Monitor that it’s clear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t want a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas after he released his list of “non-negotiable” demands ahead of sensitive negotiations.
Netanyahu’s demands included the condition that Israel would be allowed to resume military operations. Hamas’s main demand has been that any deal leads to a permanent ceasefire. While the group has reportedly softened on that stance a bit, Netanyahu has repeatedly made clear he wouldn’t agree to end his genocidal campaign.
“Anyone wanting to succeed in fateful and difficult negotiations does not emphasize the gaps and difficulties twice a day, but tries to emphasize the agreements and the prospects. It is clear to all of us that Netanyahu simply does not want the deal,” the unnamed senior official said.
Israeli officials believe Netanyahu is trying to ensure a deal isn’t reached before his address to the US Congress in Washington later this month. A ceasefire agreement could lead to a collapse of his coalition government as National Security Advisor Itamar Ben Gvir has threatened to quit. Officials also think Netanyahu wants to hold out until November in hopes that President Trump is re-elected.
The Al-Monitor report said that Egyptian mediators were infuriated by Netanyahu’s “non-negotiable” demands, while Qatari mediators were puzzled, and US officials were the least surprised of all. The report said the US would have been surprised if Netanyahu had not thrown a spanner into the works.
Haaretz reported on Tuesday that Egypt, Qatar, and the US are currently awaiting clarification from Mossad Chief David Barnea on how flexible Israel will be about Netanyahu’s demands. The report also cited sources who said Netanyahu was sabotaging the deal to stay in power.
The longer this goes on… the nearer Israel collapse…!
However…US politicians will straight-up destroy the USA to save Israel. So even though Israel may indeed collapse, it will do so while dragging the USA down with it. Like in the end of the "Bridge over the River Kwai": "Madness….Madness"
Zionism is destroying the West.
It's already destroyed, the people are unaware or living in denial of the facts, once again.
The fat lady has yet to sing, but we’re well into the final act.
"Carthago delenda est"
Now we must say it for Israel, as final comment on every discussion, over and over again as did Cato 2,000 years ago.
Why is Bibi still in power? I guess it's true the 'Devil takes care of his own,' but, where's the good God in this equation? is there a good God out there?
How is this even a conversation when we know that leaders tried to eliminate/kill hostages from the beginning, confirmed by multiple sources and reported on since October by independent news media?
Netanyahu doesn’t give a rat’s ass about hostages, he wants ethnic cleansing and genocide to expand Zionist imperialism in the ME. Why are we even playing along with this false narrative of negotiation?
Israel makes war by way of deception, always has, always will.
Once again for the umpteenth time, tell us something we didn't know…
As for the idiots fruitlessly wasting everyone's time trying to get Netanyahu to "negotiate" – get a frickin' clue. He DOES NOT WANT to negotiate. He CAN NOT "negotiate" – or end the war. If he does, he goes to prison. Unless someone removes him – preferably with a bullet in the ear – everything continues as before. And no one will do that because they will then get a bullet in the ear from either the Israeli right-wing or the CIA.