On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he was given assurances by both President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump that he could resume military operations in Gaza after the first phase of the ceasefire deal if he chooses to do so.
Under the deal, Israel and Hamas will negotiate the second phase during the first phase, which began on Sunday and involves a 42-day ceasefire. “Both President Trump and President Biden have given full backing to Israel’s right to return to the fighting if Israel reaches the conclusion that the second stage negotiations are ineffectual. I greatly appreciate this,” Netanyahu said.
The Israeli prime minister said that Trump had described the ceasefire as a “temporary” one. “[Trump] welcomed the agreement and rightly emphasized that the first stage of the agreement is a temporary ceasefire. That is what he said, ‘a temporary ceasefire,'” Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu said that Trump also agreed to “lift the remaining restrictions on providing vital weapons and munitions to the State of Israel. If we need to go back to the fighting, we will do so in new ways and with great force.”
Netanyahu has been under pressure from some members of his coalition government not to sign the ceasefire deal, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who quit the government on Sunday.
Netanyahu’s government still has a majority in the Knesset after Ben Gvir and his Jewish power party quit. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionism party, is also threatening to quit if Israel doesn’t resume its genocidal war in Gaza after the first phase.
Smotrich said that he was given assurances from Netanyahu that Israel would restart military operations to launch a “gradual takeover of the entire Gaza Strip.” He said Gaza was “ruined and disintegrated, uninhabitable” and that it would stay that way.
“Don’t be impressed by the forced joy of our enemy. This is an animalistic society that sanctifies death. Very soon, we will erase their smile again and replace it with cries of grief and the wails of those who were left with nothing,” Smotrich said.
“Both President Trump and President Biden have given full backing to Israel’s right to return to the fighting if Israel reaches the conclusion that the second stage negotiations are ineffectual.” Any agreement that allows Israel to resume hostilities based on their own assessments/conclusions should immediately be deemed null and void.
It all depends on Trump now if he will continue to ship weapons and money to Israel. Trump is in somewhat of a pickle. If he doesn't he loses most of his Evangelical base who are already furious about the deal. You should read some of the comments on some right wing sites. They want Gaza flattened and for Palestinians never to return.
But Trump is as free as bird, he has no reelection to worry about.
You just quoted Netanyahu, who Trump dislikes and distrusts, as telling the truth. I suppose that means you also trust him over Trump.
Be nice if Trump came out and said what Netanyahu said was bullshit.
I think Trump would if a) he knew for sure who Netanyahu's successor was, and b) if Trump had said successor in his pocket.
He repeated a statement, no one knows if it is true or not. Only the future will tell.
Wellllll, I quote Netanyahu all the time because his quotes reveal what a diabolical, twisted POS he is, not because his words are trustworthy. The only time I truly trust Netanyahu is when he’s speaking in Hebrew to his countrymen about his desire to inflict a genocide. Sadly, though, Netanyahu’s quote may be true in this instance. If you look back at Trump’s last term and see anything but complete and utter fealty to Israel, you’re delusional. No one wants me to be wrong on this more than me.
Trump “disliking” Netanyahu is meaningless. Obama also “disliked” Netanyahu. He also dropped more bombs on Iraq than GWB and increased aid to Israel to its highest level ever.
Smotrich is fluent in the language of genocide.
NO more arms nor US $$$ to Israel.
An implicit assurance that the bombing will resume after 42 days. Netanyahu's greatest danger comes from the settlers. He is trying to satisfy the by stealing land n Lebanon.
and in Syria.
The US government is a vile servant of evil and must be replaced in order for humans to become fully human.
It will in under the next two hours.
Viva Trump! 🇺🇸
Human gods can be dethroned.
And sometimes they come back. ✝️🇺🇸✝️
I hope the best for our new president,
We will see, he has no new election to worry about. Will we get to see the best or the worst side?
JFK grew in the office, not so Trump or Biden or W.
How do you, personally, benefit from Trump as President again ?
I’m not in this for me.
Man, the lesser of two evils, fine, but you must have an ability to listen to only portions of what spews out of Trump's mouth.
I take what I can get. And the distress he causes his predecessors – especially the Bush clan is worth the price of admission.
I take what I can get.
Me too. But I'm holding my nose and you're writing "Viva Trump".
I’m expressing my gratitude for his Gaza initiative.
But I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Peace
“Don’t be impressed by the forced joy of our enemy. This is an animalistic society that sanctifies death. Very soon, we will erase their smile again and replace it with cries of grief and the wails of those who were left with nothing,” Smotrich said.
The very definition of projection.
Zionists are as good at projection as leftists.
The Left is more likely to admit and accept their faults, than the Right. Introspection is not the exclusive domain of progressives, but certainly a more common trait than on the regressive-conservation side.
When you say, the “left”, clearly you can’t mean Democrats?
No. I’m speaking in terms of Quadrants (Authoritarian Right, Libertarian Right, Libertarian Left, Authoritarian Left)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Political_chart.svg
Personally I’d put the US Democratic Party (on a gross average) very slightly Right of center and a few notches into Authoritarian.
If the Zios renew their genocide on Gaza it will be with Trump’s envoy in the line of fire – not to mention the press and a sizable humanitarian presence.
Do they have the nerve for that?..
They can pin it on "Hamas action" and maybe even dupe the USA into another false-flag inspired rampage.
“Dupe” rather than a conspiracy.
I expect they’ll try – and so will everybody else including Trump.
I'd say yes. 42 days will not go by without Israel claiming Hamas violated the cease fire. If only the Trump team had questioned Israel's actions since the cease fire was agreed upon. Instead, Israel did what Israel has been doing for 15 months. Slaughtering innocents. So, call me skeptical but I'd be more than happy to be proven wrong.
I’m skeptical that Netanyahu will be in power in 42 days. Whoever is will be trying to curry favor with Trump – at least until they figure out a way to get the shiv in with impunity.
"“Don’t be impressed by the forced joy of our enemy. This is an animalistic society that sanctifies death. Very soon, we will erase their smile again and replace it with cries of grief and the wails of those who were left with nothing,” Smotrich said."
'Death To Smoochy' is a remarkably vile human being, and his words are glaring evidence of this. Calling Palestinians 'animals'; giddy at the thought of "erasing smiles". WITAS is wrong with that dude ????
Trump's is his legacy term, narcissist that he is let's pray he finds Genocide less appealing than a Peace Prize. When it comes to cage fighting I'd take him over Netanyahu.
We will know sooner or later what concessions were made to make sure Trump could celebrate his inauguration this time and Netanyahu could get the Israeli hostages released.
If this ceasefire holds which is doubtful… how can possibly the criminal minister bear it for 42 days without killing anymore Gaza Palestinians…! and not having a heart attack in the interim…!