Jeff the Chef

Of course it did, if it gets said enough people will maybe eventually agree, for me hell will freeze over first.

The prospect of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas appears to be rapidly receding after the far-right Israeli cabinet member Bezalel Smotrich – on whom Benjamin Netanyahu is now reliant after the resignations of more moderate ministers at the weekend – said he would oppose a deal. Smotrich’s comments, during a Knesset committee meeting, came amid the fallout from the resignation of the former army chief of staff Benny Gantz from the war cabinet. Gantz quit on the same weekend that Israel rescued four Israeli hostages held in Gaza in an operation that Gaza’s health ministry said killed more than 270 Palestinians and injured hundreds more. The departure of Gantz, the leader of the centre-right National Unity party, leaves Netanyahu with enough seats in his coalition but has made him even more reliant on the support of far-right allies including Smotrich, the finance minister, and Itamar Ben-Gvir, the national security minister, who have repeatedly threatened to walk away over any deal for a ceasefire in exchange for hostages. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/10/israel-hostage-deal-far-right-israeli-minister-signals-opposition

Yeah we know, cos we get told the same old garbage day, after day. after day, the fact that the clock started ticking donkey's years before the 7th is not important to you but go ask the Palestinians that have lived with Israel's nonsense since for 70 odd years.

I wonder why they do that? 🥱

What on earth are the US thinking here, Israel clearly want no part of this yet the US claim they are on board with the proposal. What a waste of time and effort by the negotiators, this should never have been put to the UNSC unless Israel was committed to it, clearly from the comments of the Israeli representative they have no wish to end this war without a total Hamas capitulation.

You got zilch, be a man and admit you lied.

OK, show me in the transcript or the video where that is said, or even implied.

But, it's OK for you to tell an out and out lie, there can be no excuse for that, liar liar, pants on fire.

Yellowtail said, That he is actually a Hamas supporter? What's new about that? 0:01 now a leading opposition figure in 0:02 Israel's war cabinet has resigned 0:04 calling on the Prime Minister Benjamin 0:06 Netanyahu to hold elections Benny Gant 0:09 had set a deadline of this weekend for 0:11 Mr Netanyahu to outline Israel's longer 0:14 term strategy once the war in Gaza is 0:17 over Jeremy boen is here so he's a very 0:20 experienced figure and probably one of 0:22 the most experienced members of the war 0:23 Cabinet why is he left yeah former 0:25 General former head of the army one of 0:27 his political allies um Isaac CT has 0:30 also left with him another former 0:33 General um well he said he gave 0:36 Netanyahu an ultimatum 3 weeks ago to do 0:38 those things to have a plan for what 0:41 happens the day after so this is the 0:43 quote that in his press conference he 0:45 was going to say it all yesterday but he 0:47 put it off by 24 hours after that 0:49 hostage rescue he said fateful strategic 0:52 decisions are stuck due to hesitation 0:55 and uh procrastination out of political 0:58 considerations he's talking about 1:00 Netanyahu by political considerations he 1:03 means netanyahu's desire to stay in 1:05 power perhaps prolong the war when he 1:09 could be doing a deal and to avoid the 1:12 Reckoning with the Israeli people about 1:14 the mistakes that led up to the security 1:17 failures of 7th of October which a lot 1:19 of Israelis blame Netanyahu for now 1:24 gance is hoping that this move will 1:27 start the destruction of the net Yahoo 1:30 government and there will be elections 1:32 and the polls say that if there were 1:33 elections he would become the Prime 1:36 Minister but might backfire because 1:38 Netanyahu is uh reliant on the votes to 1:42 keep his Coalition going of ultra 1:44 nationalist far right elements who want 1:47 the war to continue in Gaza who want to 1:49 put Jewish settlers into Gaza and they 1:52 will now perhaps have more influence Not one word about him being a Hamas supporter, you Sir, are a LIAR.

Deals, as in offers to release hostages for a ceasefire, made to Israel.

You could be a spokesperson for the IDF with remarks like that. If Gantz is a Hamas supporter his military career says otherwise: Military career Gantz was drafted into the IDF in 1977. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. His first mission as a young conscript in 1977 was as part of the security detail for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel. As a paratrooper, he fought in Operation Litani in March 1978 and also participated in a June 1978 raid against a Fatah training base in Lebanon. In 1979, Gantz became an officer after completing Officer Candidate School. He returned to the Paratroopers Brigade and served as a platoon leader and company commander, completed a course in the U.S. Army Special Forces, and fought in the First Lebanon War. Later on, he led 890 "Efe" (Echis) paratroop battalion in counter-guerrilla operations in the South Lebanon security zone. In 1991, he commanded the commando unit that was on the ground in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for 36 hours, securing the Operation Solomon airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. He served in senior command positions during the Second Intifada and Second Lebanon War. In the course of his military career, Gantz served as commander of the Shaldag Unit in the Israeli Air Force; commander of the 35th Paratroopers Brigade; commander of the Reserves Division in the Northern Command; commander of the Lebanon Liaison Unit; commander of the Judea and Samaria Division in 2000, before becoming the commander of the Israeli Northern Command in 2001; and as Israel's military attaché in the United States from 2005 until 2009, before becoming the deputy chief of the General Staff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Gantz

How many deals has Hamas made to Israel since 7/10 and while you're contemplating that, how many has Israel rejected?

Thanks for the information, do you have a link to confirm your statement?

An alternative view on Benny Gantz resignation from the BBC

CNN’s Paula Hancocks takes a look at the deadly impact of Israel’s hostage rescue operation in Gaza. Gaza's health ministry says at least 274 Palestinians were killed in the operation and hundreds were wounded. The Israel Defense Forces disputes those numbers, saying it estimates the casualties were “under 100.” CNN cannot independently verify death tolls from the enclave due to the lack of international media access. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/09/world/video/israeli-hostages-hamas-gaza-deaths-hancocks-pkg-nr-digvid

The ICJ, (International Court of Justice) deals with States and is currently dealing with the South African plus others case against Israel. It is the ICC (International Criminal Court) in The Hague, Netherlands is the Court where possibly Hamas/Netanyahu and Co could be tried.

President Biden has become increasingly critical of Israel — and some of his campaign's biggest pro-Israel donors are becoming more critical of him. Why it matters: Whether he is aiding or criticizing Israel, every move Biden makes has potential negative political consequences. Driving the news: Democratic megadonor and Israeli American Haim Saban emailed senior White House officials Wednesday asking them to pass along his criticism of Biden's recent move to pause bomb shipments to Israel over a possible ground operation in Rafah. "Bad, Bad, Bad, decision, on all levels, Pls reconsider," he wrote in a message obtained by Axios and other news outlets. He added: "Let's not forget that there are more Jewish voters, who care about Israel, than Muslim voters that care about Hamas." The Biden campaign declined to comment. https://www.axios.com/2024/05/10/israel-gaza-biden-rafah-donors

On 10 June, an appellate court in San Francisco will have the opportunity to demonstrate that indeed no one, including the president of the United States, is above the law. The Center for Constitutional Rights, representing plaintiffs Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCI-P), Al-Haq, Palestinians in Gaza and Palestinian Americans, will ask a panel of judges to reconsider the district court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to stop the US government from transferring more weapons to Israel during an ongoing genocide. Follow Middle East Eye's live coverage of the Israel-Palestine war The Center for Constitutional Rights brought the lawsuit against Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in November, arguing that the Biden administration is complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians by continuing to provide financial and diplomatic support, as well as weapons. In its response to the lawsuit, the Biden administration has maintained that the courts do not have purview over foreign policy, a legal concept known as the political question doctrine. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-war-us-courts-biden-administration-must-hold-accountable

Maybe it's time for change by both sides of this conflict.

Pressures piling up on Biden from all sides. A group of US officials who publicly resigned over the Biden administration’s Gaza policy are banding together to support ongoing dissent and put pressure on the government to change course. More than half a dozen people from across the US government have left their jobs in public protest, saying they could no longer work for the administration, and even more have quietly departed. Many of the officials who resigned publicly said they would instead seek to have an impact outside the government. President Joe Biden has faced pressure both abroad and at home over his support for Israel eight months into the war in Gaza with Hamas – a conflict that has cost tens of thousands of civilian lives, displaced millions and brought extreme hunger throughout the enclave. Although the rhetoric from the administration has become harsher – with warnings that Israel must do more to protect civilians and allow more aid in – the policies have remained largely unchanged. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/08/politics/us-officials-gaza-policy-resignations/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

Well done the rescuers, RIP to Chief-Inspector Arnon Zamora and Palestinians, the Hamas fighters will be burning or with virgins, but always dead.

A CIA assessment circulated among US officials this week concluded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely judges he can get away without defining a post-war plan — even as the Biden administration has launched a full-court press to pressure him to bring an end to the conflict in Gaza. Netanyahu “probably believes he can maintain support from his security chiefs and prevent defections” from the right wing of his coalition by discussing the future of Gaza in “vague terms,” the June 3 report, reviewed by CNN, reads. The assessment — which has not been previously reported — represents one of the most up to date intelligence assessments about Netanyahu’s mindset that has been circulated among senior US officials, according to a source familiar with internal reporting. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/07/politics/cia-netanyahu-assessment/index.html

So you're presuming there will be no changes from before 7/10?

Lol, can't even admit you're wrong, as expected. As I said, did you reply to my post to Hanaguma, yes or no?

You're being disingenuous, I replied to Hanaguma and you then replied to me after that, as I said in my previous post to you those are my answers, like it or lump it, and that's your lot.