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Originally Posted by Bagor
That's currently quite an isolated belief given the multiple media, both within and outside Israel that report and suggest otherwise.
Are you saying that he's not torpedoing the deal at all or are you saying that he is but for reasons other than staying in power?
You feel the families are wrong when they say that “the finding of the bodies yesterday is a direct result of Netanyahu’s thwarting of the deals.”?
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I don’t believe he’s torpedoing a deal for his political benefit and for the sole reason to stay in power.
I think he has certain red lines, relating to Israel’s security, that he doesn’t want to give in to. And more than likely, some of those red lines have been extended as the war has gone on. For example, until Israel went into Rafah and found all the smuggling tunnels under the Philadelphi corridor (primary method of weapons transfer), it’s likely become a new sticking point in negotiations, that didn’t exist before.
Regarding what the families are saying. They are obviously talking from a very emotional and personal standpoint. Heck, if I was in their unenviable position, I’d probably be saying the same thing. But I don’t think you can honestly say the hostages died because of Netanyahu. Plain and simply, they died because Hamas kidnapped them, and Hamas executed them. They are dead only because of Hamas. Saying they are dead because of Netanyahu suggests that he should accept any deal to return them alive. And again, from the family’s standpoint, it’s a legitimate argument after Israel’s 10/7 failures to protect them to begin with. But they can’t just accept any deal and unless you’re in the negotiating room, no one can truly say who is objecting to what, and where the negotiations are stalling (both from Israel’s and Hamas’s point of view).
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