>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been telling “political elements” in recent days that Israel’s negotiating team is weak and constantly seeking to compromise in the talks on a hostage-ceasefire deal, while he is “on my own.” Prime Minister
Netanyahu has been widely reported to be at deep odds with the key negotiators — Mossad Chief David Barnea, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar and IDF point man Nitzan Alon — and to have repeatedly upbraided them face-to-face for their ostensible weakness. But tonight’s Channel 12 report says he is now sharing these criticisms with political interlocutors. The report notes that it is surprising that Netanyahu would be criticizing his security chiefs in comments with politicians, when he is depending on the security establishment to achieve “total victory” in Gaza and to handle a potential regional escalation if there is no deal. “I’m on my own, facing the entire security establishment and the negotiating chiefs,” the TV report quotes Netanyahu saying. “They are showing weakness and just looking for ways to capitulate”
>In a separate report, Channel 12 quotes Egyptian sources saying Hamas is prepared to consider an arrangement whereby international forces are deployed both at the Philadelphi Corridor and at the Netzarim Corridor that the IDF has carved out across Gaza, separating the south of the strip from the north
>It also says Hamas is prepared to let Israel veto up to 50 of the hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners it wants released, while Israel wants the right to veto 65 of the most dangerous potential releases. And it says Hamas is prepared to allow Israel to send more prisoners into exile than previously; Israel wants the right to exile 150.
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Israelis need to hold fresh elections soon.
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Then why is he sending them? He’s the PM! Replace them with new negotiators if they’re too weak. Why act like you’re not in charge?
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>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been telling “political elements” in recent days that Israel’s negotiating team is weak and constantly seeking to compromise in the talks on a hostage-ceasefire deal, while he is “on my own.” Prime Minister
Netanyahu has been widely reported to be at deep odds with the key negotiators — Mossad Chief David Barnea, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar and IDF point man Nitzan Alon — and to have repeatedly upbraided them face-to-face for their ostensible weakness. But tonight’s Channel 12 report says he is now sharing these criticisms with political interlocutors. The report notes that it is surprising that Netanyahu would be criticizing his security chiefs in comments with politicians, when he is depending on the security establishment to achieve “total victory” in Gaza and to handle a potential regional escalation if there is no deal. “I’m on my own, facing the entire security establishment and the negotiating chiefs,” the TV report quotes Netanyahu saying. “They are showing weakness and just looking for ways to capitulate”
>In a separate report, Channel 12 quotes Egyptian sources saying Hamas is prepared to consider an arrangement whereby international forces are deployed both at the Philadelphi Corridor and at the Netzarim Corridor that the IDF has carved out across Gaza, separating the south of the strip from the north
>It also says Hamas is prepared to let Israel veto up to 50 of the hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners it wants released, while Israel wants the right to veto 65 of the most dangerous potential releases. And it says Hamas is prepared to allow Israel to send more prisoners into exile than previously; Israel wants the right to exile 150.
Israelis need to hold fresh elections soon.
Then why is he sending them? He’s the PM! Replace them with new negotiators if they’re too weak. Why act like you’re not in charge?