The Israeli Prime Minister would appear to STILL be out manuevered by a weakened Hamas ….
Military force has NOT won him the hostages …
Military force has only further isolated Israel from the world….
The lives lost by BOTH side’s have been something no one should be proud about….
Stavation should NOT be weapon of war….
Nor should it be used to take people’s land….
Nor should violence and hostage taking….
Nor should a Prime Minsiter have people suffer, on both sides, for his political power...
Nineteen former Israeli military, intelligence and police chiefs warned that the Jewish state is “on the precipice of defeat” in Gaza, calling for an end to the war to save the hostages.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, is reportedly pushing to ramp up the military campaign in the Palestinian territory, believing that only a total victory over Hamas can free the captives.
The retired Israeli leaders, including former prime minister and IDF chief Ehud Barak, said in a video released Sunday that Israel has accumulated too many losses in Gaza with no clear end in sight, with the officials accusing Netanyahu of keeping the war alive for the sole purpose of preserving the fragile right-wing coalition that controls his government.
“We are on the precipice of defeat,” said former Mossad director Tamir Pardo, referencing the mass backlash against Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza….
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An Israel official said that discussions with the Trump administration over the decision were ongoing. “There is a growing understanding that Hamas is not interested in a deal,” said the official, one of several people familiar with details of sensitive decision-making on Gaza who spoke on the condition of anonymity….
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While right-wing members of Netanyahu’s government have long supported a complete takeover of Gaza, senior security officials have repeatedly insisted that Israel has achieved its military objectives of eliminating Hamas’s ability to govern Gaza or launch military offensives, according to Israeli media accounts….
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Netanyahu trying to get rid of his criminal corruption case…
(Sound like Trump?)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government voted unanimously Monday to dismiss his attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara, the chief prosecutor in his ongoing corruption case, as he faces growing criticism inside Israel and U.S. impatience over his government’s management of the war in Gaza.
The vote to remove Baharav-Miara, a frequent critic of the government’s policies, marks one of the more significant steps in Netanyahu’s years-long effort to exert political influence over the country’s legal system. It is also expected to lead to a confrontation between the elected government and the appointed justices on Israel’s Supreme Court, who will review and rule on the legality of Baharav-Miara’s removal.
Immediately after the vote, opposition party Yesh Atid filed a petition to block the move, as did the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, a watchdog group that said the vote would politicize the office of the attorney general. In response, Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg issued a temporary order freezing the decision.
In a letter to her staff, Baharav-Miara wrote that the government’s decision was unlawful. “Political pressure will not deter us from continuing to perform our duties with statesmanship, professionalism, and integrity,” she wrote….
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Democratic US lawmakers push for Palestinian Statehood…
More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress have signed on to a letter that urges the Trump administration to recognise Palestinian statehood, in a draft copy shared with the Guardian.
Congressman Ro Khanna of California is leading the letter addressed to the president and secretary of state Marco Rubio, and is joined by several House progressives, including Greg Casar of Texas, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, and Maxwell Frost of Florida.
“This tragic moment has highlighted for the world the long overdue need to recognize Palestinian self-determination,” the letter reads. “Just as the lives of Palestinians must be immediately protected, so too must their rights as a people and nation urgently be acknowledged and upheld.”
The letter comes as human rights experts sound the alarm over the unfolding famine in Gaza, and as some of Israel’s key western allies, including France and Canada, have recently pledged to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly….