by Branko Marcetic, Jacobin, September 4 https://jacobin.com/2024/09/netanyahu-israel-hamas-hostage-deal . . . There is simply no other conclusion anyone can make from reading the words of high-level officials contained in these recent reports than that Netanyahu could strike a deal bringing the hostages back any time he wants but is doing everything he can to avoid doing so. But much of this has not been reported in the US media, and few Americans consume the Israeli press.
It would be wrong to think any of this is a recent development. We can go back and see almost identical claims by high-level sources in almost identical pieces of reporting going back many months. . . . ... probably the clearest show of Netanyahu’s unseriousness toward the talks, when he assassinated the negotiator across the table from him: the more moderate Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh. The reckless and wildly illegal move was widely denounced, including by officials from countries involved in the talks. That included the Qatari prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, who asked, “How can mediation succeed when one party assassinates the negotiator on the other side?” . . . Rattled by Global Rebuke, Netanyahu Scrambles To Fend Off Charges of Sabotaging Hostage Deal by Amir Tibon, Haaretz, September 5, 2024 via Portside, September 5 https://portside.org/2024-09-05/rattled-global-rebuke-netanyahu-scrambles-fend-charges-sabotaging-hostage-deal . . . Until very recently, the Biden administration had publicly adhered to the line that Netanyahu was interested in coming to a hostage release agreement and that the primary obstacle to achieving it was Hamas. . . . The massive protests this week in Israel in opposition to Netanyahu's conduct and calling for a hostage deal received wide coverage in the American media. In addition, the internal differences of opinion among Israel's political and military leadership on the hostage issue have been attracting greater public attention than in the past. ... . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32068): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32068 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108311805/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
