The plight of the Israel hostages seem to been pushed to sidelines for a majority of Israeli’s…
In fact some Israeli’s have gone out of their way to destroy aid being sent for Palestinians….
With politics like this, and the knowledge that American President Biden maybe pissed, But will NOT use strong measures to stop Israel from their hunt for Hamas?
That hunt goes on…..
The International Court and Euroepean efforts seem to have NO affect on the Israeli’s….
A majority of Israelis support their country’s military response to Hamas in Gaza but are divided over its scope, according to a survey by Pew Research published Thursday.
The survey found 39 percent of Israelis said that the country’s military response against Hamas in Gaza has been “about right,” and 34 percent saidit has “not gone far enough” — indicating continued support for the war. Another 19 percent said they think it has gone too far. The survey was conducted between March 3 and April 4, mostly before Israeli airstrikes killed seven aid workers for the charity group World Central Kitchen and predating this week’s airstrike in Rafah that killed at least 45 Palestinians….
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Though opinions on the military response differed, most Israelis expressed confidence that Israel will be able to achieve its goals in the fight against Hamas, the Pew survey found. There was, however, shared concern about the duration and scope of the war. Just under 7 in 10 are seriously concerned about the war lasting a long time, the survey found.
Laura Silver, associate director of research at Pew, said that the results of the poll showed that Israelis remained broadly optimistic about the war in Gaza, though people across Israeli society perceived the war in vastly different ways….
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“People who have a favorable view of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are much more likely to say that the military response to Hamas has been about right or has not gone far enough than those who have an unfavorable view of him,” Silver said.
On Wednesday, Israel’s national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, told Kan public radio that he was expecting “another seven months of fighting” in Gaza to eliminate Hamas and other militant groups.
In the poll, there was a lack of clear consensus among Israelis over the future of governance in Gaza. Forty percent said Israel should govern the enclave after the war, while 18 percent said the Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, should be in charge of Gaza, the poll found….
Hamas tells mediators that if Israel stops war in Gaza, it’s possible all the hostages could be released
From CNN’s Abeer Salman
Hamas said they had informed mediators on Thursday that they are “prepared to reach a comprehensive agreement” that includes a full hostage and prisoner exchange deal if Israel stops its war in Gaza.
A statement from the group said while they had shown “flexibility and positivity in dealing with the efforts of the mediators throughout all previous rounds of indirect negotiations,” Israel, Hamas said, had used the months of ongoing talks as a cover to continue its war in Gaza.
“Hamas and the Palestinian factions will not accept being part of this policy of continuous negotiations in the face of aggression, killing, siege, starvation, and genocide of our people,” the Hamas statement said.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly insisted that the war must continue until Hamas is completely destroyed. …
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Israel’s National Unity party, led by war cabinet member Benny Gantz, has proposed a bill to dissolve the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, and trigger new elections in the fall.
“This is a continuation of the initiative led by the chairman of the State Camp, Minister Benny Gantz, to hold elections with broad consensus by October, one year after the massacre,” Gantz’s press office said in a statement.
Knesset member Pnina Tamano-Shata submitted the bill on Thursday.
“October 7th is a disaster that requires us to regain the people’s trust and establish a broad and stable unity government that can lead us safely through the enormous challenges in security, the economy, and above all, in Israeli society. Submitting the bill now will allow us to advance it further in the current session,” Tamano-Shata said in a statement.
By proposing the bill, the National Unity Party members will now have the opportunity to table it during the Knesset’s summer session in which they will hold a vote to decide whether to dissolve parliament in September and hold fresh elections in October.
Some context: Currently, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a 64-member governing coalition that gives him a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
While Gantz had performed well in polls from earlier this year, recently his favorability has dropped, according to CNN global affairs analyst Barak Ravid.
Gantz has repeatedly criticized Netanyahu’s leadership throughout the conflict in Gaza. Earlier this month, Gantz threatened to withdraw from the government if the war cabinet did not lay out a plan by June 8 to free the hostages and eliminate Hamas…..
Israel withdrew some IDF units from Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 30, according to local Palestinian sources. The partial Israeli withdrawal from Jabalia follows some of the most intense fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters during the war.