3. But the offer as described in the press still at its core does not address Hamas’s biggest ask - a clear commitment to end the war.
3. But the offer as described in the press still at its core does not address Hamas’s biggest ask - a clear commitment to end the war.
4. Instead it includes a step by step process where at the start Israeli hostages come out, aid goes in, Palestinian prisoners are released. And then Israel and Hamas begin negotiating on a full end to the war.
5. The problem with this framework is that this is what Hamas agreed to in January. And then Bibi never was willing to seriously negotiate about the end of the war so the ceasefire broke down.
6. I hope Hamas accepts the deal, but after the experience in January, I doubt they will unless there is a hard commitment to end the war.
7. And when Hamas does reject it, Bibi will just use that rejection to get a green light from Trump to continue perpetuating the conflict.
8. There is a better way. 70% of the Israeli public supports a deal for all the hostages and an END TO THE WAR.
9. The IDF and other Israeli security experts are saying at this point the war serves no strategic purpose.
10. The reason it’s still going is to keep Bibi’s coalition together. Enough is enough. The war needs to end. And if Trump really wants this ceasefire he needs to push Netanyahu to agree to an end to the war.
Perhaps we should lecture the people who *started* this war.