Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed back against a new wave of pressure to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested and went on strike and U.S. President Joe Biden said he needed to do more after nearly 11 months of fighting.
In his first public address since Sunday’s mass protests showed many Israelis’ furious response to the discovery of six more dead hostages, Netanyahu said he will continue to insist on a demand that has emerged as a major sticking point in talks — continued Israeli control of the Philadelphi corridor, a narrow band along Gaza’s border with Egypt where Israel contends Hamas smuggles weapons into Gaza. Egypt and Hamas deny it.
Netanyahu called the corridor vital to ensuring Hamas cannot rearm via tunnels. “This is the oxygen of Hamas,” he said.
And he added: “No one is more committed to freeing the hostages than me. … No one will preach to me on this issue.’
Of course not. No one will preach to Bibi because he’s beyond saving.
One of the worst criminals of the 21st century.
And… yes. One of the worst criminals of the 21st century so far, I know…
Netanyahu is perpetrating a far-right genocide. Pass it on.
“I will accept no contrary advice from my councilors, nor advisors, nor my people!” said no non-megalomaniac ever.
Weird considering the Prime Minister role is appointed by the President.
The President’s role is largely ceremonial. The President consults party leaders to determine who they would support, then nominates that person. The nominee must then form a coalition that can get support from a majority of the Knesset.
I will once again link to this article about Netanyahu’s former best friend who has been saying this is all mainly about Netanyahu being a dictator. Maintaining war powers gives him that ability.
Oh go fuck yourself Zionazi.
I’m gonna be honest, aside from the one ceasefire they had, I highly doubt Hamas has been able to continue to smuggle weapons across Egypt’s border.
Israel already makes it near impossible for actual aid trucks to get through, I wouldn’t be surprised if the entire border was being monitored by Mossad informants.
I think Hamas knew any negotiations would likely fail, so they really did prepare for a drawn out conflict by stockpiling resources and taking hostages to use as pressure.
Anything they have left is probably small arms and stuff they scavanged from Israeli troops.
